diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ShellToolMessage.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ShellToolMessage.tsx
index fe310fdd95..8e760b28e7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ShellToolMessage.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/messages/ShellToolMessage.tsx
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export const ShellToolMessage: React.FC<ShellToolMessageProps> = ({
     embeddedShellFocused,
   );
 
-  const { setEmbeddedShellFocused, setActivePtyId } = useUIActions();
+  const { setEmbeddedShellFocused } = useUIActions();
   const wasFocusedRef = React.useRef(false);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ export const ShellToolMessage: React.FC<ShellToolMessageProps> = ({
 
   const handleFocus = () => {
     if (isThisShellFocusable) {
-      setActivePtyId(ptyId);
       setEmbeddedShellFocused(true);
     }
   };