diff --git a/src/lib/notcurses.c b/src/lib/notcurses.c
index 4a3b22112..87521f53f 100644
--- a/src/lib/notcurses.c
+++ b/src/lib/notcurses.c
@@ -1183,7 +1183,6 @@ int notcurses_render(notcurses* nc){
   }
   ret |= fclose(out);
   fflush(nc->ttyfp);
-  fprintf(nc->ttyfp, "%s", buf);
   if(blocking_write(nc->ttyfd, buf, buflen)){
     ret = -1;
   }