diff --git a/src/terminal-app.c b/src/terminal-app.c
index 5e782d9f..5d05ad96 100644
--- a/src/terminal-app.c
+++ b/src/terminal-app.c
@@ -717,14 +717,11 @@ terminal_app_startup (GApplication *application)
   /* Install the encodings submenu */
   terminal_encodings_append_menu (app->menubar_set_encoding_submenu);
 
-  /* If the shell wants to show the appmenu/menubar, make it available */
-  gboolean shell_shows_appmenu, shell_shows_menubar;
+  /* If the shell wants to show the menubar, make it available */
+  gboolean shell_shows_menubar;
   g_object_get (gtk_settings_get_default (),
-                "gtk-shell-shows-app-menu", &shell_shows_appmenu,
                 "gtk-shell-shows-menubar", &shell_shows_menubar,
                 NULL);
-  if (!shell_shows_appmenu)
-    gtk_application_set_app_menu (GTK_APPLICATION (app), NULL);
   if (shell_shows_menubar)
     gtk_application_set_menubar (GTK_APPLICATION (app), app->menubar);
 
