diff --git a/DOCS/interface-changes/stats-term-clip.txt b/DOCS/interface-changes/stats-term-clip.txt
index 8b3cdf47bd..70a0613d58 100644
--- a/DOCS/interface-changes/stats-term-clip.txt
+++ b/DOCS/interface-changes/stats-term-clip.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 remove `stats-term_width_limit` script-opt
 add `stats-term_clip` script-opt
+remove `stats-term_height_limit` script-opt
diff --git a/DOCS/man/stats.rst b/DOCS/man/stats.rst
index 10933c0f38..1f3fee8ee2 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/stats.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/stats.rst
@@ -120,12 +120,6 @@ Configurable Options
 
     Whether to clip lines to the terminal width.
 
-``term_height_limit``
-    Default: -1
-
-    Sets the terminal height.
-    A value of 0 means the height is infinite, -1 means it's automatic.
-
 ``plot_perfdata``
     Default: yes
 
diff --git a/player/lua/stats.lua b/player/lua/stats.lua
index 31cf3566c1..ba1e91b234 100644
--- a/player/lua/stats.lua
+++ b/player/lua/stats.lua
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ local o = {
     file_tag_max_count = 16,         -- only show the first x file tags
     show_frame_info = false,         -- whether to show the current frame info
     term_clip = true,
-    term_height_limit = -1,          -- overwrites the terminal height
     debug = false,
 
     -- Graph options and style
@@ -92,11 +91,6 @@ local o = {
 }
 options.read_options(o)
 
-o.term_height_limit = tonumber(o.term_height_limit) or -1
-if o.term_height_limit < 0 then
-    o.term_height_limit = nil
-end
-
 local format = string.format
 local max = math.max
 local min = math.min
@@ -1110,10 +1104,9 @@ end
 -- content     : table of the content where each entry is one line
 -- apply_scroll: scroll the content
 local function finalize_page(header, content, apply_scroll)
-    local term_size = mp.get_property_native("term-size", {})
-    local term_height = o.term_height_limit or term_size.h or 24
+    local term_height = mp.get_property_native("term-size/h", 24)
     local from, to = 1, #content
-    if apply_scroll and term_height > 0 then
+    if apply_scroll then
         -- Up to 40 lines for libass because it can put a big performance toll on
         -- libass to process many lines which end up outside (below) the screen.
         -- In the terminal reduce height by 2 for the status line (can be more then one line)