diff --git a/common/msg.c b/common/msg.c
index 3dd36dfbb6..e80f6fcf16 100644
--- a/common/msg.c
+++ b/common/msg.c
@@ -102,13 +102,6 @@ static void mp_msg_do_init(void){
     SetConsoleMode(hSTDERR, cmode);
     GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hSTDOUT, &cinfo);
     stdoutAttrs = cinfo.wAttributes;
-#endif
-#ifndef __MINGW32__
-    struct sigaction sa;
-    sa.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
-    sa.sa_flags = 0;
-    sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
-    sigaction(SIGTTOU, &sa, NULL); // just write to stdout if you have to
 #endif
     int i;
     char *env = getenv("MPV_VERBOSE");
diff --git a/osdep/terminal-unix.c b/osdep/terminal-unix.c
index 583ab162eb..050b97b9d1 100644
--- a/osdep/terminal-unix.c
+++ b/osdep/terminal-unix.c
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ void getch2_enable(void){
     setsigaction(SIGQUIT, quit_request_sighandler, SA_RESETHAND, false);
     setsigaction(SIGTERM, quit_request_sighandler, SA_RESETHAND, false);
     setsigaction(SIGTTIN, SIG_IGN, 0, true);
+    setsigaction(SIGTTOU, SIG_IGN, 0, true);
 
     do_activate_getch2();
 
@@ -571,6 +572,7 @@ void getch2_disable(void){
     setsigaction(SIGQUIT, SIG_DFL, 0, false);
     setsigaction(SIGTERM, SIG_DFL, 0, false);
     setsigaction(SIGTTIN, SIG_DFL, 0, false);
+    setsigaction(SIGTTOU, SIG_DFL, 0, false);
 
     do_deactivate_getch2();