diff --git a/ci/validate_wheel.sh b/ci/validate_wheel.sh
index 914abe3c1c..ec3867aa30 100755
--- a/ci/validate_wheel.sh
+++ b/ci/validate_wheel.sh
@@ -9,28 +9,12 @@ package_name=$3
 
 RAPIDS_CUDA_MAJOR="${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION%%.*}"
 
-# some packages are much larger on CUDA 11 than on CUDA 12
-PYDISTCHECK_ARGS=()
-if [[ "${package_name}" == "libraft" ]]; then
-    # TODO(jameslamb): revise these thresholds
-    if [[ "${RAPIDS_CUDA_MAJOR}" == "11" ]]; then
-        PYDISTCHECK_ARGS+=(
-            --max-allowed-size-compressed '750M'
-        )
-    else
-        PYDISTCHECK_ARGS+=(
-            --max-allowed-size-compressed '100M'
-        )
-    fi
-fi
-
 cd "${package_dir}"
 
 rapids-logger "validate packages with 'pydistcheck'"
 
 pydistcheck \
     --inspect \
-    "${PYDISTCHECK_ARGS[@]}" \
     "$(echo ${wheel_dir_relative_path}/*.whl)"
 
 rapids-logger "validate packages with 'twine'"
diff --git a/python/libraft/pyproject.toml b/python/libraft/pyproject.toml
index 549a1bf651..89b2834614 100644
--- a/python/libraft/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/libraft/pyproject.toml
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ matrix-entry = "cuda_suffixed=true;use_cuda_wheels=true"
 
 [tool.pydistcheck]
 select = [
-    # NOTE: size threshold is managed via CLI args in CI scripts
     "distro-too-large-compressed",
 ]
+
+# PyPI limit is 100 MiB, fail CI before we get too close to that
+max_allowed_size_compressed = '75M'