--- rxvt-unicode/src/background.C	2011/08/09 18:41:31	1.156
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/background.C	2011/08/09 21:48:00	1.157
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
  * hscale     Scale horizontally, tile vertically ?
  * vscale     Tile horizontally, scale vertically ?
  * scale      Scale both up and down
- * auto       Same as 100x100+50+50
  */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_BG_PIXMAP
@@ -291,12 +290,6 @@
 
               geom_flags |= WidthValue|HeightValue;
             }
-          else if (!strcasecmp (arr[i], "auto"))
-            {
-              w = h = windowScale;
-              x = y = centerAlign;
-              geom_flags |= WidthValue|HeightValue|XValue|YValue;
-            }
           else if (!strcasecmp (arr[i], "root"))
             {
               new_flags |= BG_TILE|BG_ROOT_ALIGN;