From 0a6ed1585872a0cb519e6e1c9a19b9dafeb7ee52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:53:44 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 kitty/screen.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kitty/screen.c b/kitty/screen.c
index 145681c00..b593234c4 100644
--- a/kitty/screen.c
+++ b/kitty/screen.c
@@ -2849,9 +2849,7 @@ screen_set_cursor(Screen *self, unsigned int mode, uint8_t secondary) {
                 blink = mode % 2;
                 shape = (mode < 3) ? CURSOR_BLOCK : (mode < 5) ? CURSOR_UNDERLINE : (mode < 7) ? CURSOR_BEAM : NO_CURSOR_SHAPE;
             }
-            if (shape != self->cursor->shape || blink != !self->cursor->non_blinking) {
-                self->cursor->shape = shape; self->cursor->non_blinking = !blink;
-            }
+            self->cursor->shape = shape; self->cursor->non_blinking = !blink;
             break;
     }
 }