diff --git a/src/terminal-app.c b/src/terminal-app.c
index 5e5989c..73870ce 100644
--- a/src/terminal-app.c
+++ b/src/terminal-app.c
@@ -221,14 +221,11 @@ gsettings_remove_all_from_strv (GSettings   *settings,
 /* Helper functions */
 
 static GdkScreen*
-terminal_app_get_screen_by_display_name (const char *display_name,
-        int screen_number)
+terminal_app_get_screen_by_display_name (const char *display_name)
 {
 	GdkDisplay *display = NULL;
 	GdkScreen *screen = NULL;
 
-	/* --screen=screen_number overrides --display */
-
 	if (display_name == NULL)
 		display = gdk_display_get_default ();
 	else
@@ -237,18 +234,6 @@ terminal_app_get_screen_by_display_name (const char *display_name,
 		const char *period;
 
 		period = strrchr (display_name, '.');
-		if (period)
-		{
-			gulong n;
-			char *end;
-
-			errno = 0;
-			end = NULL;
-			n = g_ascii_strtoull (period + 1, &end, 0);
-			if (errno == 0 && (period + 1) != end)
-				screen_number = n;
-		}
-
 		displays = gdk_display_manager_list_displays (gdk_display_manager_get ());
 		for (l = displays; l != NULL; l = l->next)
 		{
@@ -1730,8 +1715,7 @@ terminal_app_handle_options (TerminalApp *app,
 	GList *lw;
 	GdkScreen *gdk_screen;
 
-	gdk_screen = terminal_app_get_screen_by_display_name (options->display_name,
-	             options->screen_number);
+	gdk_screen = terminal_app_get_screen_by_display_name (options->display_name);
 
 	if (options->save_config)
 	{
diff --git a/src/terminal-options.c b/src/terminal-options.c
index 7b16edb..58ddbe1 100644
--- a/src/terminal-options.c
+++ b/src/terminal-options.c
@@ -723,7 +723,6 @@ terminal_options_parse (const char *working_directory,
 	options->default_title = NULL;
 	options->zoom = 1.0;
 
-	options->screen_number = -1;
 	options->default_working_dir = g_strdup (working_directory);
 
 	/* The old -x/--execute option is broken, so we need to pre-scan for it. */
diff --git a/src/terminal-options.h b/src/terminal-options.h
index 2d6d707..bc601c3 100644
--- a/src/terminal-options.h
+++ b/src/terminal-options.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ typedef struct
 	char   **env;
 	char    *startup_id;
 	char    *display_name;
-	int      screen_number;
 	GList   *initial_windows;
 	gboolean default_window_menubar_forced;
 	gboolean default_window_menubar_state;