diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalController.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalController.swift
index 17650b5c6..eaefbf55b 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalController.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/QuickTerminal/QuickTerminalController.swift
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class QuickTerminalController: BaseTerminalController {
         guard surfaceTree.contains(view) else { return }
         // Set the target surface as focused before animation
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
-            Ghostty.moveFocus(to: view, from: self.focusedSurface)
+            Ghostty.moveFocus(to: view)
         }
         // Animation completion handler will handle window/app activation
         animateIn()
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/BaseTerminalController.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/BaseTerminalController.swift
index 4298dd1e6..a34be4125 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/BaseTerminalController.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/BaseTerminalController.swift
@@ -240,12 +240,7 @@ class BaseTerminalController: NSWindowController,
 
         // Move focus to the target surface and activate the window/app
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
-            // We suppress the spurious unfocus signal by passing nil for `from`
-            // when the surface is already the logically focused one.
-            Ghostty.moveFocus(
-                to: view,
-                from: (self.focusedSurface == view) ? nil : self.focusedSurface
-            )
+            Ghostty.moveFocus(to: view)
             view.window?.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
             if !NSApp.isActive {
                 NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)