diff --git a/src/supervisor.rs b/src/supervisor.rs
index 6b5449b..2019e2c 100644
--- a/src/supervisor.rs
+++ b/src/supervisor.rs
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ impl Supervisor {
                 if let Some(i) = self.index_of(id) {
                     let mut t = self.tasks.remove(i);
                     t.terminate();
-                    t.shed_writer();
                     self.graveyard.push(t);
                 }
             }
@@ -382,7 +381,6 @@ impl Supervisor {
                 // would straight-SIGKILL stragglers of the old run.
                 let mut old = std::mem::replace(&mut self.tasks[i], fresh);
                 old.terminate();
-                old.shed_writer();
                 self.graveyard.push(old);
                 // Reset the fingerprint for the replacement task's screen.
                 if self.watched == Some(id) {
diff --git a/src/task.rs b/src/task.rs
index 6e2afe3..998ce1c 100644
--- a/src/task.rs
+++ b/src/task.rs
@@ -389,12 +389,6 @@ impl Task {
         self.reaped
     }
 
-    /// Release the PTY writer after removal while retaining the master for
-    /// process-group teardown.
-    pub fn shed_writer(&mut self) {
-        self.writer = Box::new(io::sink());
-    }
-
     pub fn lifecycle(&self, now: Instant, idle_after: Duration) -> Lifecycle {
         if self.finished.is_some() {
             return if self.exit_code == Some(0) {