diff --git a/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish b/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish
index 1551b3053..9b27fb985 100644
--- a/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish
+++ b/share/functions/__fish_config_interactive.fish
@@ -196,16 +196,6 @@ function __fish_config_interactive -d "Initializations that should be performed
 		end
 	end
 
-	# Notify vte-based terminals when a command completes
-	if test "$VTE_VERSION" -ge 3405
-		switch "$TERM"
-			case 'vte*' 'xterm*'
-				function __notify_vte_command_completed --on-event fish_postexec --description 'Notify VTE of command completion'
-					printf '\e]777;notify;Command completed;%s\a' (echo "$argv" | cat --show-nonprinting | tr --delete \;)
-				end
-		end
-	end
-
 	# The first time a command is not found, look for command-not-found
 	# This is not cheap so we try to avoid doing it during startup
 	# config.fish already installed a handler for noninteractive command-not-found,