diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.ts
index 360397ec..7b9c228f 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-fit/src/FitAddon.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ export class FitAddon implements ITerminalAddon {
       return undefined;
     }
 
+    const scrollbarWidth = this._terminal.options.scrollback === 0 ?
+      0 : core.viewport.scrollBarWidth;
+
     const parentElementStyle = window.getComputedStyle(this._terminal.element.parentElement);
     const parentElementHeight = parseInt(parentElementStyle.getPropertyValue('height'));
     const parentElementWidth = Math.max(0, parseInt(parentElementStyle.getPropertyValue('width')));
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ export class FitAddon implements ITerminalAddon {
     const elementPaddingVer = elementPadding.top + elementPadding.bottom;
     const elementPaddingHor = elementPadding.right + elementPadding.left;
     const availableHeight = parentElementHeight - elementPaddingVer;
-    const availableWidth = parentElementWidth - elementPaddingHor - core.viewport.scrollBarWidth;
+    const availableWidth = parentElementWidth - elementPaddingHor - scrollbarWidth;
     const geometry = {
       cols: Math.max(MINIMUM_COLS, Math.floor(availableWidth / core._renderService.dimensions.actualCellWidth)),
       rows: Math.max(MINIMUM_ROWS, Math.floor(availableHeight / core._renderService.dimensions.actualCellHeight))
diff --git a/src/browser/Viewport.ts b/src/browser/Viewport.ts
index 14fab897..1eb9dc4e 100644
--- a/src/browser/Viewport.ts
+++ b/src/browser/Viewport.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ export class Viewport extends Disposable implements IViewport {
   private _lastRecordedBufferHeight: number = 0;
   private _lastTouchY: number = 0;
   private _lastScrollTop: number = 0;
-  private _lastHadScrollBar: boolean = false;
   private _activeBuffer: IBuffer;
   private _renderDimensions: IRenderDimensions;
 
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ export class Viewport extends Disposable implements IViewport {
     // Unfortunately the overlay scrollbar would be hidden underneath the screen element in that case,
     // therefore we account for a standard amount to make it visible
     this.scrollBarWidth = (this._viewportElement.offsetWidth - this._scrollArea.offsetWidth) || FALLBACK_SCROLL_BAR_WIDTH;
-    this._lastHadScrollBar = true;
     this.register(addDisposableDomListener(this._viewportElement, 'scroll', this._onScroll.bind(this)));
 
     // Track properties used in performance critical code manually to avoid using slow getters
@@ -109,17 +107,6 @@ export class Viewport extends Disposable implements IViewport {
       this._viewportElement.scrollTop = scrollTop;
     }
 
-    // Update scroll bar width
-    if (this._optionsService.rawOptions.scrollback === 0) {
-      this.scrollBarWidth = 0;
-    } else {
-      this.scrollBarWidth = (this._viewportElement.offsetWidth - this._scrollArea.offsetWidth) || FALLBACK_SCROLL_BAR_WIDTH;
-    }
-    this._lastHadScrollBar = this.scrollBarWidth > 0;
-
-    const elementStyle = window.getComputedStyle(this._element);
-    const elementPadding = parseInt(elementStyle.paddingLeft) + parseInt(elementStyle.paddingRight);
-    this._viewportElement.style.width = (this._renderService.dimensions.actualCellWidth * (this._bufferService.cols) + this.scrollBarWidth + (this._lastHadScrollBar ? elementPadding : 0)).toString() + 'px';
     this._refreshAnimationFrame = null;
   }
 
@@ -151,11 +138,6 @@ export class Viewport extends Disposable implements IViewport {
       this._refresh(immediate);
       return;
     }
-
-    // If the scroll bar visibility changed
-    if (this._lastHadScrollBar !== (this._optionsService.rawOptions.scrollback > 0)) {
-      this._refresh(immediate);
-    }
   }
 
   /**