diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/spbactn.cpp b/src/mame/drivers/spbactn.cpp
index 23a7d5ed34f..033a5f340e8 100644
--- a/src/mame/drivers/spbactn.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/spbactn.cpp
@@ -418,16 +418,8 @@ void spbactn_state::spbactn(machine_config &config)
 
 	/* video hardware */
 	SCREEN(config, m_screen, SCREEN_TYPE_RASTER);
-#if 0
-	// actual blanking frequencies unknown, but should be close to NTSC
+	// TODO: verify actual blanking frequencies (should be close to NTSC)
 	m_screen->set_raw(XTAL(22'656'000) / 2, 720, 0, 512, 262, 16, 240);
-#else
-	// set_raw breaks sprites; keeping this in for now
-	m_screen->set_refresh_hz(60);
-	m_screen->set_vblank_time(ATTOSECONDS_IN_USEC(0));
-	m_screen->set_size(64*8, 32*8);
-	m_screen->set_visarea(0*8, 64*8-1, 2*8, 30*8-1);
-#endif
 	m_screen->set_screen_update(FUNC(spbactn_state::screen_update_spbactn));
 
 	MCFG_VIDEO_START_OVERRIDE(spbactn_state,spbactn)
diff --git a/src/mame/video/tecmo_spr.cpp b/src/mame/video/tecmo_spr.cpp
index cf1e6b448ee..9d520f39eb5 100644
--- a/src/mame/video/tecmo_spr.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/video/tecmo_spr.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void tecmo_spr_device::gaiden_draw_sprites(screen_device &screen, gfx_element *g
 	int sourceinc = 8;
 
 	int count = NUM_SPRITES;
-	int screenwidth = screen.width();
+	int screenwidth = screen.visible_area().width();
 
 	int attributes_word = 0;
 	int tilenumber_word = 1;