diff --git a/notebook/static/terminal/js/main.js b/notebook/static/terminal/js/main.js
index 838e6ffe8..e30f86b52 100644
--- a/notebook/static/terminal/js/main.js
+++ b/notebook/static/terminal/js/main.js
@@ -29,13 +29,6 @@ requirejs([
     var common_config = new configmod.ConfigSection('common', common_options);
     common_config.load();
 
-    var login_widget = new loginwidget.LoginWidget('span#login_widget', common_options);
-
-    // Test size: 25x80
-    // var termRowHeight = function(){ return 1.00 * $("#dummy-screen")[0].offsetHeight / 25;};
-        // 1.02 here arrived at by trial and error to make the spacing look right
-    // var termColWidth =  function() { return 1.02 * $("#dummy-screen-rows")[0].offsetWidth / 80;};
-
     var base_url = utils.get_body_data('baseUrl').replace(/\/?$/, '/');
     var ws_path = utils.get_body_data('wsPath');
     var ws_url = utils.get_body_data('wsUrl');
@@ -45,17 +38,6 @@ requirejs([
     }
     ws_url = ws_url + base_url + ws_path;
     
-    // var header = $("#header")[0];
-
-    // function calculate_size() {
-    //     var height = $(window).height() - header.offsetHeight;
-    //     var width = $('#terminado-container').width();
-    //     var rows = Math.min(1000, Math.max(20, Math.floor(height/termRowHeight())-1))-7;
-    //     var cols = Math.min(1000, Math.max(40, Math.floor(width/termColWidth())-1))-7;
-    //     console.log("resize to :", rows , 'rows by ', cols, 'columns');
-    //     return {rows: rows, cols: cols};
-    // }
-    
     page.show_header();
     
     // var size = calculate_size();
@@ -68,10 +50,6 @@ requirejs([
     
     window.onresize = function() {
       terminal.term.fit();
-      // var geom = calculate_size();
-      // terminal.term.resize(geom.cols, geom.rows);
-      // terminal.socket.send(JSON.stringify(["set_size", geom.rows, geom.cols,
-      //                               $(window).height(), $(window).width()]));
     };
 
     // Expose terminal for fiddling with in the browser
diff --git a/notebook/static/terminal/js/terminado.js b/notebook/static/terminal/js/terminado.js
index b190f80d3..6da4fb4c7 100644
--- a/notebook/static/terminal/js/terminado.js
+++ b/notebook/static/terminal/js/terminado.js
@@ -2,14 +2,9 @@ define (["xterm", "xtermjs-fit"], function(Terminal, fit) {
     "use strict";
     function make_terminal(element, ws_url) {
         var ws = new WebSocket(ws_url);
-        Terminal.applyAddon(fit);  // Apply the `fit` addon
-        var term = new Terminal({
-          // cols: size.cols,
-          // rows: size.rows
-        });
+        Terminal.applyAddon(fit);
+        var term = new Terminal();
         ws.onopen = function(event) {
-            // ws.send(JSON.stringify(["set_size", size.rows, size.cols,
-            //                             window.innerHeight, window.innerWidth]));
             term.on('data', function(data) {
                 ws.send(JSON.stringify(['stdin', data]));
             });
diff --git a/notebook/static/terminal/less/terminal.less b/notebook/static/terminal/less/terminal.less
index de893f6e4..167772847 100644
--- a/notebook/static/terminal/less/terminal.less
+++ b/notebook/static/terminal/less/terminal.less
@@ -15,12 +15,9 @@
     padding: @code_padding;
     border-radius: @border-radius-base;
     .box-shadow(@global-shadow-dark);
+    line-height: 1em;
+    font-size: @notebook_font_size;
 
-    &, dummy-screen {
-      line-height: 1em;
-      font-size: @notebook_font_size;
-    }
-    
     .xterm-rows {
       padding: 10px;
     }