diff --git a/tmux.h b/tmux.h
index f111d857..f15858ce 100644
--- a/tmux.h
+++ b/tmux.h
@@ -64,18 +64,8 @@ struct tmuxproc;
 /* Automatic name refresh interval, in microseconds. Must be < 1 second. */
 #define NAME_INTERVAL 500000
 
-/*
- * Event watermarks. We start with FAST then if we hit full size for HITS reads
- * in succession switch to SLOW, and return when we hit EMPTY the same number
- * of times.
- */
-#define READ_FAST_SIZE 4096
-#define READ_SLOW_SIZE 128
-
-#define READ_FULL_SIZE (4096 - 16)
-#define READ_EMPTY_SIZE 16
-
-#define READ_CHANGE_HITS 3
+/* Maximum size of data to hold from a pane. */
+#define READ_SIZE 4096
 
 /* Attribute to make GCC check printf-like arguments. */
 #define printflike(a, b) __attribute__ ((format (printf, a, b)))
@@ -240,7 +230,7 @@ enum tty_code_code {
 	TTYC_DL1,	/* delete_line, dl */
 	TTYC_E3,
 	TTYC_ECH,	/* erase_chars, ec */
-	TTYC_ED,	/* csr_eos, cd */
+	TTYC_ED,	/* clr_eos, cd */
 	TTYC_EL,	/* clr_eol, ce */
 	TTYC_EL1,	/* clr_bol, cb */
 	TTYC_ENACS,	/* ena_acs, eA */
@@ -762,9 +752,6 @@ struct window_pane {
 
 	struct event	 resize_timer;
 
-	u_int		 wmark_size;
-	u_int		 wmark_hits;
-
 	struct input_ctx *ictx;
 
 	struct grid_cell colgc;
diff --git a/window.c b/window.c
index c8b8baf0..0ae4b3e0 100644
--- a/window.c
+++ b/window.c
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ static struct window_pane *window_pane_create(struct window *, u_int, u_int,
 		    u_int);
 static void	window_pane_destroy(struct window_pane *);
 
-static void	window_pane_set_watermark(struct window_pane *, size_t);
-
 static void	window_pane_read_callback(struct bufferevent *, void *);
 static void	window_pane_error_callback(struct bufferevent *, short, void *);
 
@@ -839,14 +837,6 @@ window_pane_destroy(struct window_pane *wp)
 	free(wp);
 }
 
-static void
-window_pane_set_watermark(struct window_pane *wp, size_t size)
-{
-	wp->wmark_hits = 0;
-	wp->wmark_size = size;
-	bufferevent_setwatermark(wp->event, EV_READ, 0, size);
-}
-
 int
 window_pane_spawn(struct window_pane *wp, int argc, char **argv,
     const char *path, const char *shell, const char *cwd, struct environ *env,
@@ -954,7 +944,7 @@ window_pane_spawn(struct window_pane *wp, int argc, char **argv,
 	wp->event = bufferevent_new(wp->fd, window_pane_read_callback, NULL,
 	    window_pane_error_callback, wp);
 
-	window_pane_set_watermark(wp, READ_FAST_SIZE);
+	bufferevent_setwatermark(wp->event, EV_READ, 0, READ_SIZE);
 	bufferevent_enable(wp->event, EV_READ|EV_WRITE);
 
 	free(cmd);
@@ -970,26 +960,13 @@ window_pane_read_callback(__unused struct bufferevent *bufev, void *data)
 	char			*new_data;
 	size_t			 new_size;
 
-	if (wp->wmark_size == READ_FAST_SIZE) {
-		if (size > READ_FULL_SIZE)
-			wp->wmark_hits++;
-		if (wp->wmark_hits == READ_CHANGE_HITS)
-			window_pane_set_watermark(wp, READ_SLOW_SIZE);
-	} else if (wp->wmark_size == READ_SLOW_SIZE) {
-		if (size < READ_EMPTY_SIZE)
-			wp->wmark_hits++;
-		if (wp->wmark_hits == READ_CHANGE_HITS)
-			window_pane_set_watermark(wp, READ_FAST_SIZE);
-	}
-	log_debug("%%%u has %zu bytes (of %u, %u hits)", wp->id, size,
-	    wp->wmark_size, wp->wmark_hits);
-
 	new_size = size - wp->pipe_off;
 	if (wp->pipe_fd != -1 && new_size > 0) {
 		new_data = EVBUFFER_DATA(evb) + wp->pipe_off;
 		bufferevent_write(wp->pipe_event, new_data, new_size);
 	}
 
+	log_debug("%%%u has %zu bytes", wp->id, size);
 	input_parse(wp);
 
 	wp->pipe_off = EVBUFFER_LENGTH(evb);