diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8ac831db..8a735b4d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ncmpcpp-0.7 (????-??-??)
 * Support for the Perl regular expression syntax was added.
 * BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX configure variable is now empty by default.
 * Shuffle function now shuffles only selected range if selection in playlist is active.
-* Do not use ncurses terminal sequence escaping by default as it doesn't have enough support for mouse events.
+* NCurses terminal sequence escaping is no longer used as it's not accurate enough.
 
 ncmpcpp-0.6.4 (2015-05-02)
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4200d021..492f95b5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(visualizer, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-visualizer], [Enable music vi
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(clock, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-clock], [Enable clock screen @<:@default=no@:>@]), [clock=$enableval], [clock=no])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(unicode, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-unicode], [Enable utf8 support @<:@default=yes@:>@]), [unicode=$enableval], [unicode=yes])
 
-AC_ARG_WITH(ncurses-sequence-escaping, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-ncurses-sequence-escaping], [Use built-in ncurses terminal sequence escaping @<:@default=no@:>@]), [ncurses_sequence_escaping=$withval], [ncurses_sequence_escaping=no])
 AC_ARG_WITH(curl, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-curl], [Enable fetching lyrics from the Internet @<:@default=auto@:>@]), [curl=$withval], [curl=auto])
 AC_ARG_WITH(fftw, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-fftw], [Enable fftw support (required for frequency spectrum vizualization) @<:@default=auto@:>@]), [fftw=$withval], [fftw=auto])
 AC_ARG_WITH(taglib, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-taglib], [Enable tag editor @<:@default=auto@:>@]), [taglib=$withval], [taglib=auto])
@@ -27,13 +26,6 @@ if test "$clock" = "yes"; then
 	AC_DEFINE([ENABLE_CLOCK], [1], [enables clock screen])
 fi
 
-AH_TEMPLATE([NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING], [Use built-in ncurses terminal sequence escaping])
-if test "$ncurses_sequence_escaping" = "yes"; then
-	AC_DEFINE([NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING], [1])
-else
-	AC_DEFINE([NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING], [0])
-fi
-
 dnl ================================
 dnl = checking for -std=c++0x flag =
 dnl ================================
diff --git a/src/actions.cpp b/src/actions.cpp
index e7ab6017..75810e50 100644
--- a/src/actions.cpp
+++ b/src/actions.cpp
@@ -308,17 +308,6 @@ void MouseEvent::run()
 
 	m_old_mouse_event = m_mouse_event;
 	m_mouse_event = wFooter->getMouseEvent();
-#	if NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING && NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION == 1
-	// workaround shitty ncurses behavior introduced in >=5.8, when we mysteriously get
-	// a few times after ncmpcpp startup 2^27 code instead of BUTTON{1,3}_RELEASED. since that
-	// 2^27 thing shows constantly instead of BUTTON2_PRESSED, it was redefined to be recognized
-	// as BUTTON5_PRESSED. but clearly we don't want to trigger behavior bound to BUTTON5
-	// after BUTTON{1,3} was pressed. so, here is the workaround: if last event was BUTTON{1,3}_PRESSED,
-	// we MUST get BUTTON{1,3}_RELEASED afterwards. if we get BUTTON5_PRESSED, erroneus behavior
-	// is about to occur and we need to prevent that.
-	if (m_old_mouse_event.bstate & (BUTTON1_PRESSED | BUTTON3_PRESSED) && m_mouse_event.bstate & BUTTON5_PRESSED)
-		return;
-#	endif // NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING && NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION == 1
 
 	//Statusbar::printf("(%1%, %2%, %3%)", m_mouse_event.bstate, m_mouse_event.x, m_mouse_event.y);
 
diff --git a/src/scrollpad.cpp b/src/scrollpad.cpp
index 82b8d8dc..6900dc24 100644
--- a/src/scrollpad.cpp
+++ b/src/scrollpad.cpp
@@ -131,9 +131,6 @@ void Scrollpad::clear()
 	m_window = newpad(m_height, m_width);
 	setTimeout(m_window_timeout);
 	setColor(m_color);
-#	if NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
-	keypad(m_window, 1);
-#	endif // NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
 }
 
 const std::string &Scrollpad::buffer()
diff --git a/src/window.cpp b/src/window.cpp
index a85bba16..e88981e4 100644
--- a/src/window.cpp
+++ b/src/window.cpp
@@ -318,16 +318,12 @@ void enable()
 {
 	if (mouseEnabled)
 		return;
-#	if NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
-	mousemask(ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS, nullptr);
-#	else
 	// save old highlight mouse tracking
 	printf("\e[?1001s");
 	// enable mouse tracking
 	printf("\e[?1000h");
 	// try to enable extended (urxvt) mouse tracking
 	printf("\e[?1015h");
-#	endif // NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
 	mouseEnabled = true;
 }
 
@@ -335,16 +331,12 @@ void disable()
 {
 	if (!mouseEnabled)
 		return;
-#	if NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
-	mousemask(0, nullptr);
-#	else
 	// disable extended (urxvt) mouse tracking
 	printf("\e[?1015l");
 	// disable mouse tracking
 	printf("\e[?1000l");
 	// restore old highlight mouse tracking
 	printf("\e[?1001r");
-#	endif // NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
 	mouseEnabled = false;
 }
 
@@ -370,9 +362,6 @@ void initScreen(bool enable_colors, bool enable_mouse)
 	curs_set(0);
 
 	// setup mouse
-#	if NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
-	mouseinterval(0);
-#	endif // NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
 	if (enable_mouse)
 		Mouse::enable();
 
@@ -457,9 +446,6 @@ Window::Window(size_t startx,
 	m_window = newpad(m_height, m_width);
 	
 	setColor(m_color);
-#	if NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
-	keypad(m_window, 1);
-#	endif // NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
 }
 
 Window::Window(const Window &rhs)
@@ -602,9 +588,6 @@ void Window::recreate(size_t width, size_t height)
 	m_window = newpad(height, width);
 	setTimeout(m_window_timeout);
 	setColor(m_color);
-#	if NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
-	keypad(m_window, 1);
-#	endif // NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
 }
 
 void Window::moveTo(size_t new_x, size_t new_y)
@@ -742,9 +725,6 @@ bool Window::FDCallbacksListEmpty() const
 
 int Window::getInputChar()
 {
-#	if NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
-	return wgetch(m_window);
-#	else
 	int key = wgetch(m_window);
 	if (!m_escape_terminal_sequences || key != KEY_ESCAPE)
 		return key;
@@ -950,7 +930,6 @@ int Window::getInputChar()
 		m_input_queue.push(key);
 		return KEY_ESCAPE;
 	}
-#	endif // NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
 }
 
 int Window::readKey()
@@ -1008,17 +987,11 @@ std::string Window::prompt(const std::string &base, size_t width, bool encrypted
 	rl::base = base.c_str();
 
 	curs_set(1);
-#	if NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
-	keypad(m_window, 0);
-#	endif // NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
 	Mouse::disable();
 	m_escape_terminal_sequences = false;
 	char *input = readline(nullptr);
 	m_escape_terminal_sequences = true;
 	Mouse::enable();
-#	if NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
-	keypad(m_window, 1);
-#	endif // NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
 	curs_set(0);
 	if (input != nullptr)
 	{
@@ -1125,9 +1098,6 @@ int Window::getTimeout() const
 
 const MEVENT &Window::getMouseEvent()
 {
-#	if NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
-	getmouse(&m_mouse_event);
-#	endif // NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
 	return m_mouse_event;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/window.h b/src/window.h
index 7b57de0f..f207f338 100644
--- a/src/window.h
+++ b/src/window.h
@@ -96,14 +96,7 @@ const int KEY_BACKSPACE_2 = 127;
 const int KEY_ENTER = 13;
 
 #if NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION == 1
-# if NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
-// NOTICE: define BUTTON5_PRESSED to be BUTTON2_PRESSED with additional mask
-// (I noticed that it sometimes returns 134217728 (2^27) instead of expected
-// mask, so the modified define does it right.
-#  define BUTTON5_PRESSED (BUTTON2_PRESSED | (1U << 27))
-# else
-#  define BUTTON5_PRESSED (1U << 27)
-# endif // NCURSES_SEQUENCE_ESCAPING
+# define BUTTON5_PRESSED (1U << 27)
 #endif // NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION == 1
 
 // undefine macros with colliding names