diff --git a/helix-term/Cargo.toml b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
index bd488d2fb..081b8f589 100644
--- a/helix-term/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ futures = { version = "0.3.5", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 smol = "0.1.10"
 num_cpus = "1.13.0"
 piper = "0.1.2"
-tui = { version = "0.9.5", default-features = false }
+# tui = { version = "0.9.5", default-features = false }
diff --git a/helix-term/src/line.rs b/helix-term/src/line.rs
index 7cbfab617..58d4c9d8e 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/line.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/line.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ use futures::{future::FutureExt, select, StreamExt};
 use smol::Timer;
 // use futures_timer::Delay;
 
-use tui::{backend::CrosstermBackend, Terminal};
-
 use crossterm::{
     cursor::position,
     event::{DisableMouseCapture, EnableMouseCapture, Event, EventStream, KeyCode},
@@ -66,9 +64,6 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let mut stdout = stdout();
     execute!(stdout, EnableMouseCapture)?;
 
-    let backend = CrosstermBackend::new(stdout);
-    let mut terminal = Terminal::new(backend)?;
-
     use std::thread;
 
     // Same number of threads as there are CPU cores.