diff --git a/.codeclimate.yml b/.codeclimate.yml
index 5cbfad366..69c71991e 100644
--- a/.codeclimate.yml
+++ b/.codeclimate.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ version: "2"
 checks:
   file-lines:
     enabled: false
+  identical-code:
+    # Certain areas of the DSL are repetitive - like
+    # lib/inspec/control_eval_context  - which requires
+    # identical defs in both instance and class scope
+    config:
+      threshold: 20
 plugins:
   fixme:
     enabled: true
@@ -11,6 +17,7 @@ plugins:
         - rubocop:disable
   flog:
     enabled: true
+    score_threshold: 30.0
   markdownlint:
     enabled: true
   rubocop:
diff --git a/.mdlrc b/.mdlrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ff6f15fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mdlrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+line-length false