diff --git a/defines.h b/defines.h
index 6327efe..df74eee 100644
--- a/defines.h
+++ b/defines.h
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@
 #define CTLX    0x04000000	/* ^X flag, or'ed in            */
 #define	SPEC	0x08000000	/* special key (function keys)  */
 
-/* Actual 380x134 on a 1920x1080 screen in landscape,
-   if smaller font or portrait orientation limit to 400x150 */
-#define MAXCOL	400
-#define MAXROW	150
-
 #endif
 
 /* end of defines.h */
diff --git a/tcap.c b/tcap.c
index 4740342..5501b0f 100644
--- a/tcap.c
+++ b/tcap.c
@@ -156,17 +156,12 @@ static void tcapopen(void)
 			fputs( "Termcap entry incomplete (columns)\n", stderr) ;
 			exit( EXIT_FAILURE) ;
 		}
-#ifdef SIGWINCH
-/* At initialization we use maximum size even if current OS window is smaller */
+
 		term.t_mrow = int_row < MAXROW ? int_row : MAXROW ;
 		term.t_nrow = term.t_mrow - 1 ;
 		term.t_mcol = int_col < MAXCOL ? int_col : MAXCOL ;
 		term.t_ncol = term.t_mcol ;
 		
-#else
-		term.t_mrow = term.t_nrow > MAXROW ? MAXROW : term.t_nrow;
-		term.t_mcol = term.t_ncol > MAXCOL ? MAXCOL : term.t_ncol;
-#endif
 		p = tcapbuf;
 		t = tgetstr("pc", &p);
 		if (t)
diff --git a/terminal.h b/terminal.h
index 9346df6..72603b1 100644
--- a/terminal.h
+++ b/terminal.h
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
 #include "retcode.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
 
+
+/* Actual 471x175 on a 1920x1080 screen in landscape,
+   if smaller font or portrait orientation limit to 500x200 */
+#define MAXCOL	500
+#define MAXROW	200
+
+
 /*
  * The editor communicates with the display using a high level interface. A
  * "TERM" structure holds useful variables, and indirect pointers to routines