diff --git a/ice-9/emacs.scm b/ice-9/emacs.scm
index 5859b4e7a..d7669916c 100644
--- a/ice-9/emacs.scm
+++ b/ice-9/emacs.scm
@@ -261,7 +261,3 @@
 (variable-set! (builtin-variable '%%emacs-frame-eval) emacs-frame-eval)
 (variable-set! (builtin-variable '%%emacs-symdoc) emacs-symdoc)
 (variable-set! (builtin-variable '%%apropos-internal) apropos-internal)
-
-;;; Set backtrace width to 60
-
-(debug-set! width 60)