diff --git a/term/src/screen.rs b/term/src/screen.rs
index 10a06077abc..729564ee55f 100644
--- a/term/src/screen.rs
+++ b/term/src/screen.rs
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ impl Screen {
             self.lines.remove(remove_idx);
         }
 
-        if remove_idx == 0 && self.allow_scrollback {
+        if remove_idx == 0 {
             self.stable_row_index_offset += lines_removed;
         }