diff --git a/lib/program.js b/lib/program.js
index cfa6b7d..1e4507a 100644
--- a/lib/program.js
+++ b/lib/program.js
@@ -387,24 +387,6 @@ Program.prototype._bindMouse = function(s, buf) {
     }
   }
 
-  if (this.isVTE && (parts = /^\x1b\[M([\u0000-\uffff]{3})/.exec(s))) {
-    var b = parts[1].charCodeAt(0)
-      , x = parts[1].charCodeAt(1)
-      , y = parts[1].charCodeAt(2)
-      , mod;
-
-    if (x >= 65533) x = buf[4];
-    if (y >= 65533) y = buf[5];
-
-    // if libvte goes over 255, it sends this.
-    // if (x > 0x00 && x < 0x20) x += 223;
-    // if (y > 0x00 && y < 0x20) y += 223;
-
-    s = '\x1b[M' + parts[1][0]
-      + String.fromCharCode(x)
-      + String.fromCharCode(y);
-  }
-
   // XTerm / X10
   if (parts = /^\x1b\[M([\x00\u0020-\uffff]{3})/.exec(s)) {
     var b = parts[1].charCodeAt(0)
@@ -2672,11 +2654,16 @@ Program.prototype.enableMouse = function() {
     }, true);
   }
 
-  // libvte is broken
-  // NOTE: The old version of vte xfce-term uses
-  // doesn't support the urxvt or sgr mouse protocols.
-  // However, it seems to have supported SGR events before URXVT events. We'll
-  // stick to that and hope people are using the latest VTE.
+  // rxvt does not support the X10 UTF extensions
+  if (this.term('rxvt')) {
+    return this.setMouse({
+      x10Mouse: true,
+      allMotion: true
+    }, true);
+  }
+
+  // libvte is broken, older versions do not support the
+  // X10 UTF extension, later versions do support SGR however
   if (this.isVTE) {
     return this.setMouse({
       sgrMouse: true,