diff --git a/build-support/bin/_release_helper.py b/build-support/bin/_release_helper.py
index 5393e23f57a..ae344e09eec 100644
--- a/build-support/bin/_release_helper.py
+++ b/build-support/bin/_release_helper.py
@@ -390,8 +390,8 @@ def validate_testutil_pkg(version: str, venv_bin_dir: Path, extra_pip_args: list
 PANTS_PKG = Package(
     "pantsbuild.pants",
     "src/python/pants:pants-packaged",
-    # TODO: See https://github.com/pypa/pypi-support/issues/1376.
-    20000,
+    # Increased from the default limit of 20GB via https://github.com/pypa/pypi-support/issues/1376.
+    40000,
     validate_pants_pkg,
 )
 TESTUTIL_PKG = Package(
diff --git a/build-support/githooks/pre-commit b/build-support/githooks/pre-commit
index 98848e2b051..e3114b2784f 100755
--- a/build-support/githooks/pre-commit
+++ b/build-support/githooks/pre-commit
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ echo "* Typechecking"
 ./pants --changed-since="${MERGE_BASE}" --changed-dependees=transitive check
 
 echo "* Checking linters, formatters, and headers"
-./pants --changed-since="${MERGE_BASE}" lint validate ||
+./pants --changed-since="${MERGE_BASE}" lint ||
   die "If there were formatting errors, run \`./pants --changed-since=$(git rev-parse --symbolic "${MERGE_BASE}") fmt\`"
 
 if git diff "${MERGE_BASE}" --name-only | grep build-support/bin/generate_github_workflows.py > /dev/null; then