diff --git i/progs/tset.c w/progs/tset.c
index d3007e95..015ff372 100644
--- i/progs/tset.c
+++ w/progs/tset.c
@@ -856,7 +856,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		if (send_init_strings(my_fd, &oldmode)) {
 		    (void) putc('\r', stderr);
 		    (void) fflush(stderr);
-		    (void) napms(1000);		/* Settle the terminal. */
 		}
 	    }