diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f3e6ded1..06bc1cc9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Removed
 
 - Config option `auto_scroll`, which is now always disabled
+- Config option `tabspaces`, which is now fixed at `8`
 
 ## 0.4.1
 
diff --git a/alacritty.yml b/alacritty.yml
index b65b4f01..7ed4666b 100644
--- a/alacritty.yml
+++ b/alacritty.yml
@@ -87,15 +87,6 @@
   # scrollback is enabled (history > 0).
   #multiplier: 3
 
-# Spaces per Tab (changes require restart)
-#
-# This setting defines the width of a tab in cells.
-#
-# Some applications, like Emacs, rely on knowing about the width of a tab.
-# To prevent unexpected behavior in these applications, it's also required to
-# change the `it` value in terminfo when altering this setting.
-#tabspaces: 8
-
 # Font configuration
 #font:
   # Normal (roman) font face
diff --git a/alacritty/src/config/mod.rs b/alacritty/src/config/mod.rs
index d7b702b9..2a598714 100644
--- a/alacritty/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/alacritty/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -209,6 +209,14 @@ fn print_deprecation_warnings(config: &Config) {
              safely removed from the config"
         );
     }
+
+    if config.tabspaces.is_some() {
+        warn!(
+            target: LOG_TARGET_CONFIG,
+            "Config tabspaces has been removed and is now always 8, it can be safely removed from \
+             the config"
+        );
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/alacritty_terminal/src/config/mod.rs b/alacritty_terminal/src/config/mod.rs
index fd049af0..da95391c 100644
--- a/alacritty_terminal/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/alacritty_terminal/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -96,10 +96,6 @@ pub struct Config<T> {
     #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "failure_default")]
     live_config_reload: DefaultTrueBool,
 
-    /// Number of spaces in one tab
-    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "failure_default")]
-    tabspaces: Tabspaces,
-
     /// How much scrolling history to keep
     #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "failure_default")]
     pub scrolling: Scrolling,
@@ -133,6 +129,10 @@ pub struct Config<T> {
     #[serde(skip)]
     pub hold: bool,
 
+    // TODO: REMOVED
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "failure_default")]
+    pub tabspaces: Option<usize>,
+
     // TODO: DEPRECATED
     #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "failure_default")]
     pub render_timer: Option<bool>,
@@ -143,10 +143,6 @@ pub struct Config<T> {
 }
 
 impl<T> Config<T> {
-    pub fn tabspaces(&self) -> usize {
-        self.tabspaces.0
-    }
-
     #[inline]
     pub fn draw_bold_text_with_bright_colors(&self) -> bool {
         self.draw_bold_text_with_bright_colors
@@ -327,15 +323,6 @@ impl<'a> Deserialize<'a> for Alpha {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Deserialize, Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
-struct Tabspaces(usize);
-
-impl Default for Tabspaces {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Tabspaces(8)
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Deserialize, Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 struct DefaultTrueBool(bool);
 
diff --git a/alacritty_terminal/src/term/mod.rs b/alacritty_terminal/src/term/mod.rs
index f198c59b..d545d686 100644
--- a/alacritty_terminal/src/term/mod.rs
+++ b/alacritty_terminal/src/term/mod.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ const BRACKET_PAIRS: [(char, char); 4] = [('(', ')'), ('[', ']'), ('{', '}'), ('
 /// Max size of the window title stack.
 const TITLE_STACK_MAX_DEPTH: usize = 4096;
 
+/// Default tab interval, corresponding to terminfo `it` value.
+const INITIAL_TABSTOPS: usize = 8;
+
 /// A type that can expand a given point to a region
 ///
 /// Usually this is implemented for some 2-D array type since
@@ -916,8 +919,7 @@ impl<T> Term<T> {
         let grid = Grid::new(num_lines, num_cols, history_size, Cell::default());
         let alt = Grid::new(num_lines, num_cols, 0 /* scroll history */, Cell::default());
 
-        let tabspaces = config.tabspaces();
-        let tabs = TabStops::new(grid.num_cols(), tabspaces);
+        let tabs = TabStops::new(grid.num_cols());
 
         let scroll_region = Line(0)..grid.num_lines();
 
@@ -2154,16 +2156,14 @@ impl<T: EventListener> Handler for Term<T> {
 
 struct TabStops {
     tabs: Vec<bool>,
-    tabspaces: usize,
 }
 
 impl TabStops {
     #[inline]
-    fn new(num_cols: Column, tabspaces: usize) -> TabStops {
+    fn new(num_cols: Column) -> TabStops {
         TabStops {
-            tabspaces,
             tabs: IndexRange::from(Column(0)..num_cols)
-                .map(|i| (*i as usize) % tabspaces == 0)
+                .map(|i| (*i as usize) % INITIAL_TABSTOPS == 0)
                 .collect::<Vec<bool>>(),
         }
     }
@@ -2179,10 +2179,9 @@ impl TabStops {
     /// Increase tabstop capacity.
     #[inline]
     fn resize(&mut self, num_cols: Column) {
-        let tabspaces = self.tabspaces;
         let mut index = self.tabs.len();
         self.tabs.resize_with(num_cols.0, || {
-            let is_tabstop = index % tabspaces == 0;
+            let is_tabstop = index % INITIAL_TABSTOPS == 0;
             index += 1;
             is_tabstop
         });