diff --git a/lisp/org-persist.el b/lisp/org-persist.el
index 336496efb..a96f0fdc9 100644
--- a/lisp/org-persist.el
+++ b/lisp/org-persist.el
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ FORMAT and ARGS are passed to `message'."
       (make-directory (file-name-directory file) t))
     (with-temp-file file
       (if pp
-          (pp data (current-buffer))
+          (let ((pp-use-max-width nil)) ; Emacs bug#58687
+            (pp data (current-buffer)))
         (prin1 data (current-buffer))))
     (org-persist--display-time
      (- (float-time) start-time)