diff --git a/osc.c b/osc.c
index 45d114de..94dd06c1 100644
--- a/osc.c
+++ b/osc.c
@@ -415,28 +415,6 @@ parse_rgb(const char *string, uint32_t *color, bool *_have_alpha,
     return true;
 }
 
-static void
-osc_set_pwd(struct terminal *term, char *string)
-{
-    LOG_DBG("PWD: URI: %s", string);
-
-    char *scheme, *host, *path;
-    if (!uri_parse(string, strlen(string), &scheme, NULL, NULL, &host, NULL, &path, NULL, NULL)) {
-        LOG_ERR("OSC7: invalid URI: %s", string);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    if (strcmp(scheme, "file") == 0 && hostname_is_localhost(host)) {
-        LOG_DBG("OSC7: pwd: %s", path);
-        free(term->cwd);
-        term->cwd = path;
-    } else
-        free(path);
-
-    free(scheme);
-    free(host);
-}
-
 static void
 osc_uri(struct terminal *term, char *string)
 {
@@ -662,11 +640,6 @@ osc_dispatch(struct terminal *term)
         break;
     }
 
-    case 7:
-        /* Update terminal's understanding of PWD */
-        osc_set_pwd(term, string);
-        break;
-
     case 8:
         osc_uri(term, string);
         break;
diff --git a/terminal.c b/terminal.c
index dd4c627c..209d05d2 100644
--- a/terminal.c
+++ b/terminal.c
@@ -3302,8 +3302,11 @@ term_bell(struct terminal *term)
 bool
 term_spawn_new(const struct terminal *term)
 {
+    char buf[32];
+    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "/proc/%d/cwd", term->slave);
+
     return spawn(
-        term->reaper, term->cwd, (char *const []){term->foot_exe, NULL},
+        term->reaper, realpath(buf, NULL), (char *const []){term->foot_exe, NULL},
         -1, -1, -1, NULL);
 }