diff --git a/src/asm/lexer.cpp b/src/asm/lexer.cpp
index 143020f6..67501c55 100644
--- a/src/asm/lexer.cpp
+++ b/src/asm/lexer.cpp
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@
 		} while (0)
 #endif // !( defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__MINGW32__) )
 
-// FIXME: get rid of this limitation
-#define MAXSYMLEN 255
-
 // Bison 3.6 changed token "types" to "kinds"; cast to int for simple compatibility
 #define T_(name) (int)yy::parser::token::name
 
@@ -565,11 +562,6 @@ static uint32_t readBracketedMacroArgNum() {
 			shiftChar();
 		}
 
-		if (symName.length() > MAXSYMLEN) {
-			warning(WARNING_LONG_STR, "Bracketed symbol name too long, got truncated\n");
-			symName.resize(MAXSYMLEN);
-		}
-
 		Symbol const *sym = sym_FindScopedValidSymbol(symName.c_str());
 
 		if (!sym) {
@@ -1130,20 +1122,15 @@ static bool continuesIdentifier(int c) {
 
 static Token readIdentifier(char firstChar) {
 	// Lex while checking for a keyword
-	std::string yylval(1, firstChar);
+	std::string identifier(1, firstChar);
 	int tokenType = firstChar == '.' ? T_(LOCAL_ID) : T_(ID);
 
 	// Continue reading while the char is in the symbol charset
 	for (int c = peek(); continuesIdentifier(c); c = peek()) {
 		shiftChar();
 
-		if (yylval.length() == MAXSYMLEN) {
-			warning(WARNING_LONG_STR, "Symbol name too long, got truncated\n");
-			break;
-		}
-
 		// Write the char to the identifier's name
-		yylval += c;
+		identifier += c;
 
 		// If the char was a dot, mark the identifier as local
 		if (c == '.')
@@ -1151,8 +1138,8 @@ static Token readIdentifier(char firstChar) {
 	}
 
 	// Attempt to check for a keyword
-	auto search = keywordDict.find(yylval.c_str());
-	return search != keywordDict.end() ? Token(search->second) : Token(tokenType, yylval);
+	auto search = keywordDict.find(identifier.c_str());
+	return search != keywordDict.end() ? Token(search->second) : Token(tokenType, identifier);
 }
 
 // Functions to read strings
@@ -1188,10 +1175,6 @@ static char const *readInterpolation(size_t depth) {
 			break;
 		} else if (c == ':' && !fmt.isFinished()) { // Format spec, only once
 			shiftChar();
-			if (fmtBuf.length() > MAXSTRLEN) {
-				warning(WARNING_LONG_STR, "Format spec too long, got truncated\n");
-				fmtBuf.resize(MAXSTRLEN);
-			}
 			for (char f : fmtBuf)
 				fmt.useCharacter(f);
 			fmt.finishCharacters();
@@ -1204,11 +1187,6 @@ static char const *readInterpolation(size_t depth) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (fmtBuf.length() > MAXSYMLEN) {
-		warning(WARNING_LONG_STR, "Interpolated symbol name too long, got truncated\n");
-		fmtBuf.resize(MAXSYMLEN);
-	}
-
 	// Don't return before `lexerState->disableInterpolation` is reset!
 	lexerState->disableInterpolation = disableInterpolation;
 
diff --git a/test/asm/bracketed-macro-args.err b/test/asm/bracketed-macro-args.err
index dc451831..f080ed30 100644
--- a/test/asm/bracketed-macro-args.err
+++ b/test/asm/bracketed-macro-args.err
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ error: bracketed-macro-args.asm(33) -> bracketed-macro-args.asm::bad(29):
     Macro argument '\<2>' not defined
 error: bracketed-macro-args.asm(33) -> bracketed-macro-args.asm::bad(30):
     Macro argument '\<2>' not defined
-warning: bracketed-macro-args.asm(39) -> bracketed-macro-args.asm::toolong(36): [-Wlong-string]
-    Bracketed symbol name too long, got truncated
 error: bracketed-macro-args.asm(39) -> bracketed-macro-args.asm::toolong(36):
-    Bracketed symbol "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstu" does not exist
+    Bracketed symbol "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" does not exist
 error: Assembly aborted (6 errors)!
diff --git a/test/asm/local-truncated.asm b/test/asm/local-truncated.asm
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b842f3c..00000000
--- a/test/asm/local-truncated.asm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-SECTION "Test", ROM0
-
-MACRO a00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
-	println "truncated :("
-ENDM
-
-a012:
-	a012.local
-
-a000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012:
-	a000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012.local
diff --git a/test/asm/local-truncated.err b/test/asm/local-truncated.err
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bf5d0f2..00000000
--- a/test/asm/local-truncated.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-warning: local-truncated.asm(10): [-Wlong-string]
-    Symbol name too long, got truncated
-error: local-truncated.asm(10):
-    'a00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001' already defined at local-truncated.asm(3)
-warning: local-truncated.asm(11): [-Wlong-string]
-    Symbol name too long, got truncated
-error: Assembly aborted (1 error)!
diff --git a/test/asm/local-truncated.out b/test/asm/local-truncated.out
deleted file mode 100644
index 2044da52..00000000
--- a/test/asm/local-truncated.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-truncated :(
diff --git a/test/asm/long-format-spec.err b/test/asm/long-format-spec.err
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f3adc8a..00000000
--- a/test/asm/long-format-spec.err
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-warning: long-format-spec.asm(3): [-Wlong-string]
-    Format spec too long, got truncated
-error: long-format-spec.asm(3):
-    Invalid format spec '000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000009'
-error: Assembly aborted (1 error)!
diff --git a/test/asm/long-format-spec.out b/test/asm/long-format-spec.out
index 595d3c17..2321edfb 100644
--- a/test/asm/long-format-spec.out
+++ b/test/asm/long-format-spec.out
@@ -1 +1 @@
-000000042
+00000002a
diff --git a/test/asm/long-local.asm b/test/asm/long-local.asm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e11089c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/asm/long-local.asm
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+SECTION "Test", ROM0
+
+a012:
+	a012.local
+
+assert DEF(a012)
+assert DEF(a012.local)
+
+; Symbol names can be arbitrarily long!
+
+a000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012:
+	a000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012.local000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000034
+
+assert DEF(a000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012)
+assert DEF(a000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000012.local000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000034)