diff --git a/tmux.h b/tmux.h
index e4c5bfbe..bab0e934 100644
--- a/tmux.h
+++ b/tmux.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: tmux.h,v 1.65 2007-10-23 10:48:23 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $Id: tmux.h,v 1.66 2007-10-23 11:25:32 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -26,11 +26,9 @@
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <termios.h>
 
 #include "array.h"
 
-extern cc_t	ttydefchars[];
 extern char    *__progname;
 
 #ifndef __dead
diff --git a/window.c b/window.c
index ff3530c9..ec33d7cd 100644
--- a/window.c
+++ b/window.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: window.c,v 1.20 2007-10-19 20:47:09 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $Id: window.c,v 1.21 2007-10-23 11:25:32 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ window_create(
 {
 	struct window	*w;
 	struct winsize	 ws;
-	struct termios	 tio;
 	int		 fd, mode;
 	char		*ptr, *copy;
 	const char     **entry;
@@ -71,15 +70,7 @@ window_create(
 	ws.ws_col = sx;
 	ws.ws_row = sy;
 
-	memset(&tio, 0, sizeof tio);
-	tio.c_iflag = TTYDEF_IFLAG;
-	tio.c_oflag = TTYDEF_OFLAG;
-	tio.c_lflag = TTYDEF_LFLAG;
-	tio.c_cflag = TTYDEF_CFLAG;
-	memcpy(&tio.c_cc, ttydefchars, sizeof tio.c_cc);
-	cfsetspeed(&tio, TTYDEF_SPEED);
-
-	switch (forkpty(&fd, NULL, &tio, &ws)) {
+	switch (forkpty(&fd, NULL, NULL, &ws)) {
 	case -1:
 		return (NULL);
 	case 0: