diff --git a/input.c b/input.c
index 1d0458c4e..2be86ec03 100644
--- a/input.c
+++ b/input.c
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ static void	input_csi_dispatch_sgr_256(struct input_ctx *, int, u_int *);
 static void	input_csi_dispatch_sgr_rgb(struct input_ctx *, int, u_int *);
 static void	input_csi_dispatch_sgr(struct input_ctx *);
 static int	input_dcs_dispatch(struct input_ctx *);
-static int	input_dcs_escape(struct input_ctx *);
 static int	input_top_bit_set(struct input_ctx *);
 static int	input_end_bel(struct input_ctx *);
 
@@ -700,9 +699,9 @@ static const struct input_transition input_state_dcs_handler_table[] = {
 static const struct input_transition input_state_dcs_escape_table[] = {
 	/* No INPUT_STATE_ANYWHERE */
 
-	{ 0x00, 0x5b, input_dcs_escape,	  &input_state_dcs_handler },
+	{ 0x00, 0x5b, input_input,	  &input_state_dcs_handler },
 	{ 0x5c, 0x5c, input_dcs_dispatch, &input_state_ground },
-	{ 0x5d, 0xff, input_dcs_escape,	  &input_state_dcs_handler },
+	{ 0x5d, 0xff, input_input,	  &input_state_dcs_handler },
 
 	{ -1, -1, NULL, NULL }
 };
@@ -2627,29 +2626,6 @@ not_recognized:
 	return (0);
 }
 
-/* Escape in a DCS string followed by anything other than a backslash. */
-static int
-input_dcs_escape(struct input_ctx *ictx)
-{
-	static const struct input_transition	 to_ground = {
-		0, 0, NULL, &input_state_ground
-	};
-	u_char					 buf[2] = { '\033', ictx->ch };
-
-	/*
-	 * Other strings carry the byte as data, but a SIXEL image ends at the
-	 * Escape, which then starts a new sequence as usual.
-	 */
-	if (ictx->input_len == 0 ||
-	    ictx->input_buf[0] != 'q' ||
-	    ictx->interm_len != 0)
-		return (input_input(ictx));
-	input_dcs_dispatch(ictx);
-	input_set_state(ictx, &to_ground);
-	input_parse(ictx, buf, sizeof buf);
-	return (1);
-}
-
 /* DCS terminator (ST) received. */
 static int
 input_dcs_dispatch(struct input_ctx *ictx)
diff --git a/regress/image-support.sh b/regress/image-support.sh
index 1d15aac9c..41e97b26a 100755
--- a/regress/image-support.sh
+++ b/regress/image-support.sh
@@ -76,15 +76,6 @@ sleep 1
 [ "$($TMUX display-message -pt:sixel-stray '#{cursor_y}')" -gt 0 ] || exit 1
 $TMUX kill-window -t:sixel-stray || exit 1
 
-# A SIXEL string that is not terminated ends at the next Escape, and the
-# sequence after it is still processed.
-$TMUX new-window -d -n sixel-esc "
-	printf '\033Pq#0;2;100;0;0#0!8~\033[HXY'
-	sleep 10"
-sleep 1
-[ "$($TMUX capture-pane -pt:sixel-esc -S0 -E0)" = "XY" ] || exit 1
-$TMUX kill-window -t:sixel-esc || exit 1
-
 # The protocol default is transmit-only; a later placement uses the retained
 # immutable image and advances by the same canonical one-cell footprint.
 $TMUX new-window -d "