diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ccda58536..f6ab62ffb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ endif()
 # global compiler flags
 add_compile_definitions(_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2)
 add_compile_options(-Wall -Wextra -W -Wshadow -Wformat -Wno-nonnull-compare
-                    -Wformat-security -fexceptions -fstrict-aliasing
-                    -Wno-string-plus-int)
+                    -Wformat-security -fexceptions -fstrict-aliasing)
 
 message(STATUS "Requested multimedia engine: ${USE_MULTIMEDIA}")
 message(STATUS "Requested build mode: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
diff --git a/src/info/main.c b/src/info/main.c
index c6ac7919b..71bf36ebb 100644
--- a/src/info/main.c
+++ b/src/info/main.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ unicodedumper(struct ncplane* n, tinfo* ti, const char* indent){
   return 0;
 }
 
-static int
+/*static int
 display_logo(const tinfo* ti, struct ncplane* n, const char* path){
   struct ncvisual* ncv = ncvisual_from_file(path);
   if(ncv == NULL){
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ display_logo(const tinfo* ti, struct ncplane* n, const char* path){
   }
   ncvisual_destroy(ncv);
   return 0;
-}
+}*/
 
 static void
 tinfo_debug_bitmaps(struct ncplane* n, const tinfo* ti, const char* indent){
diff --git a/src/lib/internal.h b/src/lib/internal.h
index e52f84a0b..844a28f1a 100644
--- a/src/lib/internal.h
+++ b/src/lib/internal.h
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ void sprixel_free(sprixel* s);
 void sprixel_hide(sprixel* s);
 
 int kitty_draw(const ncpile *p, sprixel* s, FILE* out);
-int kitty_move(const ncpile *p, sprixel* s, FILE* out);
+int kitty_move(sprixel* s, FILE* out, unsigned noscroll);
 int sixel_draw(const ncpile *p, sprixel* s, FILE* out);
 // dimy and dimx are cell geometry, not pixel.
 sprixel* sprixel_alloc(ncplane* n, int dimy, int dimx);
@@ -832,7 +832,11 @@ static inline int
 sprite_redraw(const notcurses* n, const ncpile* p, sprixel* s, FILE* out){
 //sprixel_debug(s, stderr);
   if(s->invalidated == SPRIXEL_MOVED && n->tcache.pixel_move){
-    return n->tcache.pixel_move(p, s, out);
+    // if we are kitty prior to 0.20.0, C=1 isn't available to us, and we must
+    // not emit it. we use sixel_maxy_pristine as a side channel to encode
+    // this version information.
+    bool noscroll = !n->tcache.sixel_maxy_pristine;
+    return n->tcache.pixel_move(s, out, noscroll);
   }else{
     return n->tcache.pixel_draw(p, s, out);
   }
diff --git a/src/lib/kitty.c b/src/lib/kitty.c
index c8ba0b549..f9b6a6e12 100644
--- a/src/lib/kitty.c
+++ b/src/lib/kitty.c
@@ -627,10 +627,10 @@ int kitty_draw(const ncpile* p, sprixel* s, FILE* out){
 }
 
 // returns -1 on failure, 0 on success (move bytes do not count for sprixel stats)
-int kitty_move(const ncpile* p, sprixel* s, FILE* out){
-  (void)p;
+int kitty_move(sprixel* s, FILE* out, unsigned noscroll){
   int ret = 0;
-  if(fprintf(out, "\e_Ga=p,i=%d,p=1,q=2\e\\", s->id) < 0){
+  if(fprintf(out, "\e_Ga=p,i=%d,p=1,q=2%s\e\\", s->id,
+             noscroll ? ",C=1" : "") < 0){
     ret = -1;
   }
   s->invalidated = SPRIXEL_QUIESCENT;
diff --git a/src/lib/termdesc.h b/src/lib/termdesc.h
index f1a6fb476..286adbfaa 100644
--- a/src/lib/termdesc.h
+++ b/src/lib/termdesc.h
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ typedef struct tinfo {
   int (*pixel_init)(const struct tinfo*, int fd); // called when support is detected
   int (*pixel_draw)(const struct ncpile* p, struct sprixel* s, FILE* out);
   // execute move (erase old graphic, place at new location) if non-NULL
-  int (*pixel_move)(const struct ncpile* p, struct sprixel* s, FILE* out);
+  int (*pixel_move)(struct sprixel* s, FILE* out, unsigned noscroll);
   int (*pixel_scrub)(const struct ncpile* p, struct sprixel* s);
   int (*pixel_shutdown)(FILE* fp);  // called during context shutdown
   int (*pixel_clear_all)(FILE* fp); // called during context startup