diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index c7bdb0b2d84..e10a6a43dfd 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2010-10-01  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
+	* term.c (init_tty) [DOS_NT]: Don't call Wcm_clear after setting
+	screen dimensions in tty->Wcm.
+
 	* xdisp.c (set_cursor_from_row): When the row is truncated and
 	point is outside the range of displayed characters, position the
 	cursor inside the scroll margin.  (Bug#6349)
diff --git a/src/term.c b/src/term.c
index d67056d2918..4baea231de3 100644
--- a/src/term.c
+++ b/src/term.c
@@ -3657,9 +3657,6 @@ use the Bourne shell command `TERM=... export TERM' (C-shell:\n\
 
   add_keyboard_wait_descriptor (0);
 
-  /* FIXME: this should be removed,  done earlier. */
-  Wcm_clear (tty);
-
   tty->delete_in_insert_mode = 1;
 
   UseTabs (tty) = 0;