--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtfont.C	2008/01/25 16:04:57	1.145
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtfont.C	2008/01/26 15:07:32	1.148
@@ -1298,14 +1298,8 @@
   int w = term->fwidth * len;
   int h = term->fheight;
 
-  /*
-   * Maybe make buffering into a resource flag? Compile time option doesn't seems like a
-   * good idea from the perspective of packaging for wide variety of user configs.
-   */
-  bool buffered = bg >= Color_transparent;
-#ifdef FORCE_UNBUFFERED_XFT
-  buffered = false;
-#endif
+  bool buffered = bg >= Color_transparent
+                  && term->option (Opt_buffered);
 
   // cut trailing spaces
   while (len && text [len - 1] == ' ')