diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5e4bef3ce..1ee0d905c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-06-03  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
+
+	* src/window.c (meta_window_new): don't automatically fullscreen
+	things opened fullscreen, because there's no GUI to un-fullscreen
+	them.
+
 2002-06-03  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
 
 	* src/theme-parser.c (parse_aspect_ratio): fix error message about
diff --git a/src/window.c b/src/window.c
index 00b4931c2..816952ca2 100644
--- a/src/window.c
+++ b/src/window.c
@@ -443,11 +443,6 @@ meta_window_new (MetaDisplay *display, Window xwindow,
   update_struts (window);
 
   update_net_wm_state (window);
-
-  if (attrs.x == 0 && attrs.y == 0 &&
-      attrs.width == window->screen->width &&
-      attrs.height == window->screen->height)
-    window->fullscreen = TRUE;
   
   update_mwm_hints (window);
   update_wm_class (window);