diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
index 2880be88..0865b160 100644
--- a/.clang-format
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ BinPackArguments: false
 BinPackParameters: false
 AllowAllArgumentsOnNextLine: false
 AllowShortFunctionsOnASingleLine: Empty
-# TODO with Clang 19, replace the below with
-# BreakAfterReturnType: ExceptShortType
+BreakAfterReturnType: ExceptShortType
 AlwaysBreakAfterReturnType: AllDefinitions
 AlignEscapedNewlines: Left
 ForEachMacros: ['ssh_callbacks_iterate']