diff --git a/doc/fixes37.0 b/doc/fixes37.0
index f59d67667..51981ad04 100644
--- a/doc/fixes37.0
+++ b/doc/fixes37.0
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.148 $ $NHDT-Date: 1585776162 2020/04/01 21:22:42 $
+$NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.149 $ $NHDT-Date: 1585778315 2020/04/01 21:58:35 $
 
 General Fixes and Modified Features
 -----------------------------------
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ grammar for messages about a monster removing items from a container was bad
 some new status conditions didn't always update when they should
 fix flipping non-existent stairs and ladders (github #311)
 fix door created into random wall or position opening into solid wall
+'use_inverse' option was accidentally made Windows-only; change it back to
+	being more general; change its default to True
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/include/optlist.h b/include/optlist.h
index fa247957d..f557b1120 100644
--- a/include/optlist.h
+++ b/include/optlist.h
@@ -490,13 +490,8 @@ pfx_##a,
 #endif
     NHOPTB(use_darkgray, 0, opt_out, set_in_config, On, Yes, No, No, NoAlias,
                 &iflags.wc2_darkgray)
-#ifdef WIN32
     NHOPTB(use_inverse, 0, opt_out, set_in_game, On, Yes, No, No, NoAlias,
                 &iflags.wc_inverse)
-#else
-    NHOPTB(use_inverse, 0, opt_in, set_in_game, On, No, No, No, NoAlias,
-                (boolean *) 0)
-#endif
     NHOPTC(vary_msgcount, 20, opt_in, set_gameview, No, Yes, No, No, NoAlias,
                 "show more old messages at a time")
     NHOPTB(verbose, 0, opt_out, set_in_game, On, Yes, No, No, NoAlias,