diff -Nru konsole-16.12.1.orig/src/Profile.cpp konsole-16.12.1/src/Profile.cpp
--- konsole-16.12.1.orig/src/Profile.cpp	2017-01-07 19:47:24.000000000 +0100
+++ konsole-16.12.1/src/Profile.cpp	2017-02-06 13:05:00.084021493 +0100
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
     // See Pty.cpp on why Arguments is populated
     setProperty(Arguments, QStringList() << qgetenv("SHELL"));
     setProperty(Icon, "utilities-terminal");
-    setProperty(Environment, QStringList() << QStringLiteral("TERM=xterm-256color") << QStringLiteral("COLORTERM=truecolor"));
+    setProperty(Environment, QStringList() << QStringLiteral("TERM=xterm") << QStringLiteral("COLORTERM=truecolor"));
     setProperty(LocalTabTitleFormat, "%d : %n");
     setProperty(RemoteTabTitleFormat, "(%u) %H");
     setProperty(ShowTerminalSizeHint, true);
diff -Nru konsole-16.12.1.orig/src/Pty.cpp konsole-16.12.1/src/Pty.cpp
--- konsole-16.12.1.orig/src/Pty.cpp	2017-01-07 19:47:24.000000000 +0100
+++ konsole-16.12.1/src/Pty.cpp	2017-02-06 13:05:13.003081726 +0100
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 
     // extra safeguard to make sure $TERM is always set
     if (!isTermEnvAdded) {
-        setEnv("TERM", "xterm-256color");
+        setEnv("TERM", "xterm");
     }
 }