diff --git a/core/core-ui.el b/core/core-ui.el
index f19f988b5..26f9b9d70 100644
--- a/core/core-ui.el
+++ b/core/core-ui.el
@@ -173,7 +173,12 @@ read-only or not file-visiting."
 
 (setq hscroll-margin 2
       hscroll-step 1
-      scroll-conservatively 10
+      ;; Emacs spends too much effort recentering the screen if you scroll the
+      ;; cursor more than N lines past window edges (where N is the settings of
+      ;; `scroll-conservatively'). This is especially slow in larger files
+      ;; during large-scale scrolling commands. If kept over 100, the window is
+      ;; never automatically recentered.
+      scroll-conservatively 101
       scroll-margin 0
       scroll-preserve-screen-position t
       ;; Reduce cursor lag by a tiny bit by not auto-adjusting `window-vscroll'