diff --git a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
index 03cbc7bd1..72d362ff2 100644
--- a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
+++ b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
@@ -1965,6 +1965,10 @@ Windows: when VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_SEQUENCES was not defined, the preprocessing
 Windows: original fix for GLYPH_UNEXPLORED background tile merging resulted
 	in a new issue where the map wasn't being cleared on level changes
 Windows: don't dupstr the return value of setlocale if it is NULL
+Windows: nethackw.exe was vertically spacing out menu items based on
+	the height of the tileset in use, even though the tiles in the
+	menu were drawn at the default height of 16 anyway; get rid of
+	the extraneous vertical spacing between the menu rows
 X11: fix build failure if STATUS_HILITES is disabled
 X11: was still initializing map to 'stone' instead of 'unexplored' after they
 	became separate glyphs
diff --git a/win/win32/mhmenu.c b/win/win32/mhmenu.c
index defdedbe4..fe53bab0a 100644
--- a/win/win32/mhmenu.c
+++ b/win/win32/mhmenu.c
@@ -972,14 +972,18 @@ onMeasureItem(HWND hWnd, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
     /* Set the height of the list box items to max height of the individual
      * items */
     for (i = 0; i < data->menui.menu.size; i++) {
+/*      int map_y = GetNHApp()->mapTile_Y; */
+        int map_y = 16;  /* leave it at the default size, unless
+                           * we are actually showing the larger
+                           * icons in the menu */
         if (NHMENU_HAS_GLYPH(data->menui.menu.items[i])
             && !IS_MAP_ASCII(iflags.wc_map_mode)) {
             lpmis->itemHeight =
                 max(lpmis->itemHeight,
-                    (UINT) max(tm.tmHeight, GetNHApp()->mapTile_Y) + 2);
+                    (UINT) max(tm.tmHeight, map_y) + 2);
         } else {
             lpmis->itemHeight =
-                max(lpmis->itemHeight, (UINT) max(tm.tmHeight, TILE_Y) + 2);
+                max(lpmis->itemHeight, (UINT) max(tm.tmHeight, map_y) + 2);
         }
     }