diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 49f1cb26..286c8142 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -4674,3 +4674,11 @@ on ALT-SHIFT-Button1 that swaps windows that belong to a group.
 Can be disabled in the global groups dialog. Play with it, it's fun :)
 
 Also minor tweaks to the Ganymede Eterm theme.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Sun May 28 11:48:09 PDT 2000
+(KainX)
+
+There's nothing illegal about base width/height being zero, so don't
+force it to be no less than 1.
diff --git a/src/icccm.c b/src/icccm.c
index fedcab6b..77421ce9 100644
--- a/src/icccm.c
+++ b/src/icccm.c
@@ -694,10 +694,6 @@ ICCCM_GetGeoms(EWin * ewin, Atom atom_change)
 	     ewin->client.base_w = ewin->client.width.min;
 	     ewin->client.base_h = ewin->client.height.min;
 	  }
-	if (ewin->client.base_w < 1)
-	   ewin->client.base_w = 1;
-	if (ewin->client.base_h < 1)
-	   ewin->client.base_h = 1;
 	if (ewin->client.width.min < ewin->client.base_w)
 	   ewin->client.width.min = ewin->client.base_w;
 	if (ewin->client.height.min < ewin->client.base_h)