diff --git a/lisp/term/w32-win.el b/lisp/term/w32-win.el
index fdb9e1916cf..9cc3d2c0b82 100644
--- a/lisp/term/w32-win.el
+++ b/lisp/term/w32-win.el
@@ -79,10 +79,6 @@
 (if (fboundp 'new-fontset)
     (require 'fontset))
 
-;; FIXME: this is temporary for v21.1, since many redisplay problems
-;; happen if redisplay-dont-pause is nil.
-(setq redisplay-dont-pause t)
-
 ;; Because Windows scrollbars look and act quite differently compared
 ;; with the standard X scroll-bars, we don't try to use the normal
 ;; scroll bar routines.