diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/api/baseTerminalTab.component.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/api/baseTerminalTab.component.ts
index 04438017..e2454259 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/api/baseTerminalTab.component.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/api/baseTerminalTab.component.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { BaseSession } from '../session'
 
 import { Frontend } from '../frontends/frontend'
 import { XTermFrontend, XTermWebGLFrontend } from '../frontends/xtermFrontend'
-import { syncTerminalVisibility } from '../frontends/visibility'
 import { ResizeEvent, BaseTerminalProfile } from './interfaces'
 import { TerminalDecorator } from './decorator'
 import { SearchPanelComponent } from '../components/searchPanel.component'
@@ -447,7 +446,17 @@ export class BaseTerminalTabComponent<P extends BaseTerminalProfile> extends Bas
             .pipe(debounce(visibility => interval(visibility ? 0 : INACTIVE_TAB_UNLOAD_DELAY)))
             .subscribe(visibility => {
                 if (this.frontend instanceof XTermFrontend) {
-                    syncTerminalVisibility(this.frontend, visibility)
+                    if (visibility) {
+                        // this.frontend.resizeHandler()
+                        const term = this.frontend.xterm as any
+                        term._core._renderService?.clear()
+                        term._core._renderService?.handleResize(term.cols, term.rows)
+                    } else {
+                        this.frontend.xterm.element?.querySelectorAll('canvas').forEach(c => {
+                            c.height = c.width = 0
+                            c.style.height = c.style.width = '0px'
+                        })
+                    }
                 }
             })
     }
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/visibility.test.js b/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/visibility.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index de564117..00000000
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/visibility.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
-import test from 'node:test'
-
-import { syncTerminalVisibility } from './visibility.ts'
-
-test('syncTerminalVisibility reactivates the frontend when the tab becomes visible', () => {
-    let reactivated = 0
-    let deactivated = 0
-
-    syncTerminalVisibility({
-        reactivateAfterVisibilityChange: () => {
-            reactivated++
-        },
-        deactivateAfterVisibilityChange: () => {
-            deactivated++
-        },
-    }, true)
-
-    assert.equal(reactivated, 1)
-    assert.equal(deactivated, 0)
-})
-
-test('syncTerminalVisibility releases hidden-tab resources when the tab becomes invisible', () => {
-    let reactivated = 0
-    let deactivated = 0
-
-    syncTerminalVisibility({
-        reactivateAfterVisibilityChange: () => {
-            reactivated++
-        },
-        deactivateAfterVisibilityChange: () => {
-            deactivated++
-        },
-    }, false)
-
-    assert.equal(reactivated, 0)
-    assert.equal(deactivated, 1)
-})
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/visibility.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/visibility.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7302e765..00000000
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/visibility.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-export interface VisibilityManagedTerminalFrontend {
-    reactivateAfterVisibilityChange: () => void
-    deactivateAfterVisibilityChange: () => void
-}
-
-export function syncTerminalVisibility (frontend: VisibilityManagedTerminalFrontend, visible: boolean): void {
-    if (visible) {
-        frontend.reactivateAfterVisibilityChange()
-    } else {
-        frontend.deactivateAfterVisibilityChange()
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
index f34a10e2..d2adbcf8 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
@@ -98,20 +98,15 @@ export class XTermFrontend extends Frontend {
         this.hostApp = injector.get(HostAppService)
         this.themes = injector.get(ThemesService)
 
-        const terminalOptions = {
+        this.xterm = new Terminal({
             allowTransparency: true,
             allowProposedApi: true,
+            overviewRulerWidth: 8,
             windowsPty: process.platform === 'win32' ? {
-                backend: this.configService.store.terminal.useConPTY ? 'conpty' as const : 'winpty' as const,
+                backend: this.configService.store.terminal.useConPTY ? 'conpty' : 'winpty',
                 buildNumber: getWindows10Build(),
             } : undefined,
-        }
-        ;(terminalOptions as Record<string, unknown>).overviewRuler = {
-            width: 8,
-            showBottomBorder: false,
-            showTopBorder: false,
-        }
-        this.xterm = new Terminal(terminalOptions)
+        })
         this.flowControl = new FlowControl(this.xterm)
         this.xtermCore = this.xterm['_core']
 
@@ -365,17 +360,6 @@ export class XTermFrontend extends Frontend {
         delete this.resizeObserver
     }
 
-    reactivateAfterVisibilityChange (): void {
-        this.resizeHandler()
-    }
-
-    deactivateAfterVisibilityChange (): void {
-        this.xterm.element?.querySelectorAll('canvas').forEach(c => {
-            c.height = c.width = 0
-            c.style.height = c.style.width = '0px'
-        })
-    }
-
     destroy (): void {
         super.destroy()
         this.webGLAddon?.dispose()