diff --git a/appearance.el b/appearance.el
index c1de224..081c535 100644
--- a/appearance.el
+++ b/appearance.el
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@
 ;; Don't use OSX Native fullscreen mode
 (setq ns-use-native-fullscreen nil)
 
-;; Customize line numbers
-(setq linum+-dynamic-format " %%%dd ")
+;; Customize line numbers - In gui mode the fringe is the spacer between line
+;; numbers and code, while in console mode we add an extra space for it.
+(if gui-window-system (setq linum+-dynamic-format " %%%dd")
+  (setq linum+-dynamic-format " %%%dd "))
 
 ;; Linum+ resets linum-format to "smart" when it's loaded, hence we have to
 ;; use a eval-after-load hook to set it to "dynamic".
diff --git a/custom-variables.el b/custom-variables.el
index cc93c8b..5192c04 100644
--- a/custom-variables.el
+++ b/custom-variables.el
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
  '(fci-rule-width 1)
  '(fill-column 78)
  '(flycheck-rubocop-lint-only t)
- '(fringe-mode 0 nil (fringe))
  '(global-auto-revert-mode t)
  '(global-undo-tree-mode t)
  '(helm-ag-source-type (quote file-line))