diff --git a/t/test-terminal.perl b/t/test-terminal.perl
index 3810e9bb431903..b8fd6a4f1338b0 100755
--- a/t/test-terminal.perl
+++ b/t/test-terminal.perl
@@ -5,17 +5,15 @@
 use IO::Pty;
 use File::Copy;
 
-# Run @$argv in the background with stdio redirected to $in, $out and $err.
+# Run @$argv in the background with stdio redirected to $out and $err.
 sub start_child {
-	my ($argv, $in, $out, $err) = @_;
+	my ($argv, $out, $err) = @_;
 	my $pid = fork;
 	if (not defined $pid) {
 		die "fork failed: $!"
 	} elsif ($pid == 0) {
-		open STDIN, "<&", $in;
 		open STDOUT, ">&", $out;
 		open STDERR, ">&", $err;
-		close $in;
 		close $out;
 		exec(@$argv) or die "cannot exec '$argv->[0]': $!"
 	}
@@ -51,17 +49,6 @@ sub xsendfile {
 	copy($in, $out, 4096) or $!{EIO} or die "cannot copy from child: $!";
 }
 
-sub copy_stdin {
-	my ($in) = @_;
-	my $pid = fork;
-	if (!$pid) {
-		xsendfile($in, \*STDIN);
-		exit 0;
-	}
-	close($in);
-	return $pid;
-}
-
 sub copy_stdio {
 	my ($out, $err) = @_;
 	my $pid = fork;
@@ -81,25 +68,15 @@ sub copy_stdio {
 	die "usage: test-terminal program args";
 }
 $ENV{TERM} = 'vt100';
-my $parent_in = new IO::Pty;
 my $parent_out = new IO::Pty;
 my $parent_err = new IO::Pty;
-$parent_in->set_raw();
 $parent_out->set_raw();
 $parent_err->set_raw();
-$parent_in->slave->set_raw();
 $parent_out->slave->set_raw();
 $parent_err->slave->set_raw();
-my $pid = start_child(\@ARGV, $parent_in->slave, $parent_out->slave, $parent_err->slave);
-close $parent_in->slave;
+my $pid = start_child(\@ARGV, $parent_out->slave, $parent_err->slave);
 close $parent_out->slave;
 close $parent_err->slave;
-my $in_pid = copy_stdin($parent_in);
 copy_stdio($parent_out, $parent_err);
 my $ret = finish_child($pid);
-# If the child process terminates before our copy_stdin() process is able to
-# write all of its data to $parent_in, the copy_stdin() process could stall.
-# Send SIGTERM to it to ensure it terminates.
-kill 'TERM', $in_pid;
-finish_child($in_pid);
 exit($ret);