diff --git a/pager.cpp b/pager.cpp
index c4a6fc058..002479bce 100644
--- a/pager.cpp
+++ b/pager.cpp
@@ -525,54 +525,6 @@ bool pager_t::completion_try_print(size_t cols, const wcstring &prefix, const co
         width = pref_width;
         print = true;
     }
-    else
-    {
-        long next_rows = (lst.size()-1)/(cols-1)+1;
-        /*    fwprintf( stderr,
-          L"cols %d, min_tot %d, term %d, rows=%d, nextrows %d, termrows %d, diff %d\n",
-          cols,
-          min_tot_width, term_width,
-          rows, next_rows, term_height,
-          pref_tot_width-term_width );
-        */
-        if (min_tot_width < term_width &&
-                (((row_count < term_height) && (next_rows >= term_height)) ||
-                 (pref_tot_width-term_width< 4 && cols < 3)))
-        {
-            /*
-              Terminal almost wide enough, or squeezing makes the
-              whole list fit on-screen.
-
-              This part of the code is really important. People hate
-              having to scroll through the completion list. In cases
-              where there are a huge number of completions, it can't
-              be helped, but it is not uncommon for the completions to
-              _almost_ fit on one screen. In those cases, it is almost
-              always desirable to 'squeeze' the completions into a
-              single page.
-
-              If we are using N columns and can get everything to
-              fit using squeezing, but everything would also fit
-              using N-1 columns, don't try.
-            */
-
-            int tot_width = min_tot_width;
-            width = min_width;
-
-            while (tot_width < term_width)
-            {
-                for (long i=0; (i<cols) && (tot_width < term_width); i++)
-                {
-                    if (width[i] < pref_width[i])
-                    {
-                        width[i]++;
-                        tot_width++;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            print = true;
-        }
-    }
 
     if (print)
     {