diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a6c03b88..8cf22411 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
   exiting shell (https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/366).
 * Default value of `-t,--term` in `--help` output when foot was built
   without terminfo support.
+* Drain PTY when the client application terminates.
 
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/terminal.c b/terminal.c
index 5cbb7fcf..88599094 100644
--- a/terminal.c
+++ b/terminal.c
@@ -991,16 +991,8 @@ slave_died(struct reaper *reaper, pid_t pid, int status, void *data)
     term->slave_has_been_reaped = true;
     term->exit_status = status;
 
-    if (term->conf->hold_at_exit) {
-        /* The PTMX FDM handler may already have closed our end */
-        if (term->ptmx >= 0) {
-            fdm_del(term->fdm, term->ptmx);
-            term->ptmx = -1;
-        }
-        return;
-    }
-
-    term_shutdown(term);
+    if (!term->conf->hold_at_exit)
+        term_shutdown(term);
 }
 
 struct terminal *