diff --git a/src/curses/curses.go b/src/curses/curses.go
index 9a1dc766..51b68132 100644
--- a/src/curses/curses.go
+++ b/src/curses/curses.go
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ func Init(theme *ColorTheme, black bool, mouse bool) {
 	if mouse {
 		C.mousemask(C.ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS, nil)
 	}
-	C.cbreak()
 	C.noecho()
 	C.raw() // stty dsusp undef