diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
index 3a134e7a3..b679d1b5f 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ fn syncActionAccelerators(self: *App) !void {
     try self.syncActionAccelerator("app.quit", .{ .quit = {} });
     try self.syncActionAccelerator("app.open_config", .{ .open_config = {} });
     try self.syncActionAccelerator("app.reload_config", .{ .reload_config = {} });
-    try self.syncActionAccelerator("win.open_scrollback", .{ .write_scrollback_file = .open });
     try self.syncActionAccelerator("win.toggle_inspector", .{ .inspector = .toggle });
     try self.syncActionAccelerator("win.close", .{ .close_surface = {} });
     try self.syncActionAccelerator("win.new_window", .{ .new_window = {} });
@@ -773,7 +772,6 @@ fn initMenu(self: *App) void {
         defer c.g_object_unref(section);
         c.g_menu_append_section(menu, null, @ptrCast(@alignCast(section)));
         c.g_menu_append(section, "Terminal Inspector", "win.toggle_inspector");
-        c.g_menu_append(section, "Open Scrollback", "win.open_scrollback");
         c.g_menu_append(section, "Open Configuration", "app.open_config");
         c.g_menu_append(section, "Reload Configuration", "app.reload_config");
         c.g_menu_append(section, "About Ghostty", "win.about");
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
index 705f22182..4dbe2a979 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ fn initActions(self: *Window) void {
         .{ "split_right", &gtkActionSplitRight },
         .{ "split_down", &gtkActionSplitDown },
         .{ "toggle_inspector", &gtkActionToggleInspector },
-        .{ "open_scrollback", &gtkActionOpenScrollback },
     };
 
     inline for (actions) |entry| {
@@ -581,19 +580,6 @@ fn gtkActionToggleInspector(
     };
 }
 
-fn gtkActionOpenScrollback(
-    _: *c.GSimpleAction,
-    _: *c.GVariant,
-    ud: ?*anyopaque,
-) callconv(.C) void {
-    const self: *Window = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ud orelse return));
-    const surface = self.actionSurface() orelse return;
-    _ = surface.performBindingAction(.{ .write_scrollback_file = .open }) catch |err| {
-        log.warn("error performing binding action error={}", .{err});
-        return;
-    };
-}
-
 /// Returns the surface to use for an action.
 fn actionSurface(self: *Window) ?*CoreSurface {
     const page_idx = c.gtk_notebook_get_current_page(self.notebook);