diff --git a/man/twmruined.man b/man/twmruined.man
index 717b5f1..e12e47b 100644
--- a/man/twmruined.man
+++ b/man/twmruined.man
@@ -576,9 +576,6 @@ may only be specified inside of a
 The optional \fIwin-list\fP is a list of window names and colors so that
 per-window colors may be specified.
 The default is "black".
-.IP "\fBTitlePadding\fP \fIpixels\fP" 8
-This variable specifies the distance between the various buttons, text, and
-highlight areas in the titlebar.  The default is 8 pixels.
 .IP "\fBUnknownIcon\fP \fIstring\fP" 8
 This variable specifies the filename of a bitmap file to be
 used as the default icon.  This bitmap will be used as the icon of all
diff --git a/src/add_window.c b/src/add_window.c
index 87d1944..60b6e20 100644
--- a/src/add_window.c
+++ b/src/add_window.c
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ void ComputeCommonTitleOffsets (void)
       Scr->TBInfo.leftx += Scr->ButtonIndent;
     Scr->TBInfo.titlex = (Scr->TBInfo.leftx +
 			  (Scr->TBInfo.nleft * buttonwidth) - Scr->TBInfo.pad +
-			  Scr->TitlePadding);
+			  TITLE_PADDING);
     if (Scr->TBInfo.nright > 0)
       Scr->TBInfo.rightoff += (Scr->ButtonIndent +
 			       ((Scr->TBInfo.nright * buttonwidth) -
@@ -780,13 +780,13 @@ void ComputeWindowTitleOffsets (TwmWindow *tmp_win, int width, Bool squeeze)
 {
     tmp_win->highlightx = (Scr->TBInfo.titlex + tmp_win->name_width);
     if (tmp_win->hilite_w || Scr->TBInfo.nright > 0)
-      tmp_win->highlightx += Scr->TitlePadding;
+      tmp_win->highlightx += TITLE_PADDING;
     tmp_win->rightx = width - Scr->TBInfo.rightoff;
     if (squeeze && tmp_win->squeeze) {
 	int rx = (tmp_win->highlightx +
 		  (tmp_win->hilite_w
 		    ? Scr->TBInfo.width * 2 : 0) +
-		  (Scr->TBInfo.nright > 0 ? Scr->TitlePadding : 0) +
+		  (Scr->TBInfo.nright > 0 ? TITLE_PADDING : 0) +
 		  Scr->FramePadding);
 	if (rx < tmp_win->rightx)
 	    tmp_win->rightx = rx;
diff --git a/src/menus.c b/src/menus.c
index a6f65fd..f398c6f 100644
--- a/src/menus.c
+++ b/src/menus.c
@@ -301,8 +301,7 @@ void InitTitlebarButtons (void)
      */
     Scr->TBInfo.width = (Scr->TitleHeight -
 			 2 * (Scr->FramePadding + Scr->ButtonIndent));
-    Scr->TBInfo.pad = ((Scr->TitlePadding > 1)
-		       ? ((Scr->TitlePadding + 1) / 2) : 1);
+    Scr->TBInfo.pad = (TITLE_PADDING + 1) / 2;
     h = Scr->TBInfo.width - 2 * Scr->TBInfo.border;
 
     /*
diff --git a/src/parse.c b/src/parse.c
index 7b1b5f1..3491f6c 100644
--- a/src/parse.c
+++ b/src/parse.c
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@ typedef struct _TwmKeyword {
 #define kwn_MoveDelta			2
 #define kwn_XorValue			3
 #define kwn_FramePadding		4
-#define kwn_TitlePadding		5
 #define kwn_ButtonIndent		6
 #define kwn_Priority			10
 
@@ -517,7 +516,6 @@ static TwmKeyword keytable[] = {
     { "titlebackground",	CLKEYWORD, kwcl_TitleBackground },
     { "titlefont",		SKEYWORD, kws_TitleFont },
     { "titleforeground",	CLKEYWORD, kwcl_TitleForeground },
-    { "titlepadding",		NKEYWORD, kwn_TitlePadding },
     { "unknownicon",		SKEYWORD, kws_UnknownIcon },
     { "w",			WINDOW, 0 },
     { "wait",			WAIT, 0 },
@@ -709,10 +707,6 @@ int do_number_keyword (int keyword, int num)
 	if (Scr->FirstTime) Scr->FramePadding = num;
 	return 1;
 
-      case kwn_TitlePadding:
-	if (Scr->FirstTime) Scr->TitlePadding = num;
-	return 1;
-
       case kwn_ButtonIndent:
 	if (Scr->FirstTime) Scr->ButtonIndent = num;
 	return 1;
diff --git a/src/resize.c b/src/resize.c
index f66842d..da2ec23 100644
--- a/src/resize.c
+++ b/src/resize.c
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ void SetupFrame (TwmWindow *tmp_win, int x, int y, int w, int h, int bw, Bool se
     if (tmp_win->title_height && tmp_win->hilite_w)
     {
 	xwc.width = (tmp_win->rightx - tmp_win->highlightx);
-	if (Scr->TBInfo.nright > 0) xwc.width -= Scr->TitlePadding;
+	if (Scr->TBInfo.nright > 0) xwc.width -= TITLE_PADDING;
         if (xwc.width <= 0) {
             xwc.x = Scr->MyDisplayWidth;	/* move offscreen */
             xwc.width = 1;
diff --git a/src/screen.h b/src/screen.h
index 4dac595..3db1c64 100644
--- a/src/screen.h
+++ b/src/screen.h
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ typedef struct _StdCmap {
 
 #define SIZE_HINDENT 10
 #define SIZE_VINDENT 2
+/* distance between items in titlebar */
+#define TITLE_PADDING 8
 
 typedef struct _TitlebarPixmaps {
     Pixmap xlogo;
@@ -186,7 +188,6 @@ typedef struct ScreenInfo
     TwmWindow *Focus;		/* the twm window that has focus */
     int EntryHeight;		/* menu entry height */
     int FramePadding;		/* distance between decorations and border */
-    int TitlePadding;		/* distance between items in titlebar */
     int ButtonIndent;		/* amount to shrink buttons on each side */
     int NumAutoRaises;		/* number of autoraise windows on screen */
     short NoDefaults;		/* do not add in default UI stuff */
diff --git a/src/twm.c b/src/twm.c
index 8b804ef..d04ccef 100644
--- a/src/twm.c
+++ b/src/twm.c
@@ -693,8 +693,7 @@ InitVariables(void)
 		&Scr->PointerBackground);
 
     Scr->FramePadding = 2;		/* values that look "nice" on */
-    Scr->TitlePadding = 8;		/* 75 and 100dpi displays */
-    Scr->ButtonIndent = 0;
+    Scr->ButtonIndent = 0;		/* 75 and 100dpi displays */
     Scr->SizeStringOffset = 0;
     Scr->UnknownWidth = 0;
     Scr->UnknownHeight = 0;