diff --git a/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs b/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs
index 48073aee51a376d3700a3f818081f87fd24c5ee1..caca93eac5b862450cdaa2aede0fd5491eaaf58f 100644
--- a/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs
+++ b/crates/terminal/src/terminal.rs
@@ -2503,9 +2503,7 @@ mod tests {
         })
         .detach();
 
-        let first_event = Event::Wakeup;
-        let wakeup = event_rx.recv().await.expect("No wakeup event received");
-        assert_eq!(wakeup, first_event, "Expected wakeup, got {wakeup:?}");
+        let first_event = event_rx.recv().await.expect("No wakeup event received");
 
         terminal.update(cx, |terminal, _| {
             let success = terminal.try_keystroke(&Keystroke::parse("ctrl-c").unwrap(), false);