diff --git a/usr.bin/top/machine.c b/usr.bin/top/machine.c
index fadcb81e1d33..c44dec264a5d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/top/machine.c
+++ b/usr.bin/top/machine.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ static const int namelength = 10;
 /* TOP_JID_LEN based on max of 999999 */
 #define TOP_JID_LEN 6
 #define TOP_SWAP_LEN 5
-static int cmdlengthdelta;
 
 /* get_process_info passes back a handle.  This is what it looks like: */
 
@@ -415,7 +414,6 @@ format_header(const char *uname_field)
 		assert("displaymode must not be set to DISP_MAX");
 	}
 
-	cmdlengthdelta = sbuf_len(header) - 7;
 	return sbuf_data(header);
 }
 
@@ -1091,10 +1089,7 @@ format_next_process(struct handle * xhandle, char *(*get_userid)(int), int flags
 		sbuf_printf(procbuf, "%6s ", format_time(cputime));
 		sbuf_printf(procbuf, "%6.2f%% ", ps.wcpu ? 100.0 * weighted_cpu(PCTCPU(pp), pp) : 100.0 * PCTCPU(pp));
 	}
-	sbuf_printf(procbuf, "%.*s",
-		screen_width > cmdlengthdelta ?
-		screen_width - cmdlengthdelta : 0,
-		printable(cmdbuf));
+	sbuf_printf(procbuf, "%s", printable(cmdbuf));
 	free(cmdbuf);
 	return (sbuf_data(procbuf));
 }