diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef33ed3..90c2f4f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ The config file is a yaml formatted file with the following fields:
 | `no_tls`,                       | Yes              | false                                          | Yes                          | turns off TLS                                                                                                                                                            |
 | `cooldown_duration`             | No               | 86400 (24 hours)                               | Yes                          | time in seconds for a discord user to be offline before it's puppet disconnects from irc                                                                                 |
 | `show_joinquit`                 | No               | false                                          | yes                          | displays JOIN, PART, QUIT, KICK on discord                                                                                                                               |
-| `max_nick_length`               | No               | 30                                             | yes                          | Maximum allowed nick length                                                                                                                                              |
 | `ignored_irc_hostmasks`         | No               |                                                | Yes                          | A list of IRC users identified by hostmask to not relay to Discord, uses matching syntax as in [glob](https://github.com/gobwas/glob)                                    |
 | `connection_limit`              | Yes              | 0                                              | Yes                          | How many connections to IRC (including our listener) to spawn (limit of 0 or less means unlimited)                                                                       |
 
diff --git a/bridge/bridge.go b/bridge/bridge.go
index ab660fb..d7084a4 100644
--- a/bridge/bridge.go
+++ b/bridge/bridge.go
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	// ShowJoinQuit determines whether or not to show JOIN, QUIT, KICK messages on Discord
 	ShowJoinQuit bool
 
-	// Maximum Nicklength for irc server
-	MaxNickLength int
-
 	Debug         bool
 	DebugPresence bool
 }
diff --git a/bridge/irc_manager.go b/bridge/irc_manager.go
index 6d5b5a1..5a032ba 100644
--- a/bridge/irc_manager.go
+++ b/bridge/irc_manager.go
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ func (m *IRCManager) generateNickname(discord DiscordUser) string {
 	suffix := m.bridge.Config.Suffix
 	newNick := nick + suffix
 
-	useFallback := len(newNick) > m.bridge.Config.MaxNickLength || m.bridge.ircListener.DoesUserExist(newNick)
+	useFallback := len(newNick) > int(m.bridge.ircListener.NickLength()) || m.bridge.ircListener.DoesUserExist(newNick)
 	// log.WithFields(log.Fields{
 	// 	"length":      len(newNick) > ircnick.MAXLENGTH,
 	// 	"useFallback": useFallback,
diff --git a/config.yml b/config.yml
index f8d823b..4a328c2 100644
--- a/config.yml
+++ b/config.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ webirc_pass: abcdef.ghijk.lmnop
 
 show_joinquit: false # displays JOIN, PART, QUIT, KICK on discord
 cooldown_duration: 86400 # optional, default 86400 (24 hours), time in seconds for a discord user to be offline before it's puppet disconnects from irc
-max_nick_length: 30 # Maximum Length of a nick allowed
 
 # You definitely should restart the bridge after changing the following:
 insecure: false
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index a89eda8..4861726 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/qaisjp/go-discord-irc/bridge"
-	ircnick "github.com/qaisjp/go-discord-irc/irc/nick"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
@@ -119,9 +118,10 @@ func main() {
 	//
 	viper.SetDefault("show_joinquit", false)
 	showJoinQuit := viper.GetBool("show_joinquit")
-	// Maximum length of user nicks aloud
-	viper.SetDefault("max_nick_length", ircnick.MAXLENGTH)
-	maxNickLength := viper.GetInt("max_nick_length")
+
+	if viper.GetInt("max_nick_length") != 0 {
+		log.Println("This field should be removed from your configuration - go-discord-irc now detects the proper max accepted nick length at runtime.")
+	}
 
 	if webIRCPass == "" {
 		log.Warnln("webirc_pass is empty")
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ func main() {
 		ChannelMappings:            channelMappings,
 		CooldownDuration:           time.Second * time.Duration(cooldownDuration),
 		ShowJoinQuit:               showJoinQuit,
-		MaxNickLength:              maxNickLength,
 
 		Debug:         *debugMode,
 		DebugPresence: *debugPresence,