diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index cbfeccc66..6e1b2a4fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ Completions
 
 Deprecations and removed features
 ---------------------------------
+- fish no longer attempts to modify the terminal size via `TIOCSWINSZ`.
 
 For distributors and developers
 -------------------------------
diff --git a/src/common.cpp b/src/common.cpp
index 5fd3b228f..61c5482e0 100644
--- a/src/common.cpp
+++ b/src/common.cpp
@@ -1801,13 +1801,6 @@ static void export_new_termsize(struct winsize *new_termsize, env_stack_t &vars)
     auto lines = vars.get(L"LINES", ENV_EXPORT);
     vars.set_one(L"LINES", ENV_GLOBAL | (lines.missing_or_empty() ? ENV_DEFAULT : ENV_EXPORT),
                  std::to_wstring(int(new_termsize->ws_row)));
-
-#ifdef HAVE_WINSIZE
-    // Only write the new terminal size if we are in the foreground (#4477)
-    if (tcgetpgrp(STDOUT_FILENO) == getpgrp()) {
-        ioctl(STDOUT_FILENO, TIOCSWINSZ, new_termsize);
-    }
-#endif
 }
 
 /// Get the current termsize, lazily computing it. Return by reference if it changed.