diff --git a/src/terminal/adapter/InteractDispatch.cpp b/src/terminal/adapter/InteractDispatch.cpp
index 09329eb664..87e1476d3e 100644
--- a/src/terminal/adapter/InteractDispatch.cpp
+++ b/src/terminal/adapter/InteractDispatch.cpp
@@ -65,18 +65,8 @@ bool InteractDispatch::WriteCtrlKey(const INPUT_RECORD& event)
 // - True.
 bool InteractDispatch::WriteString(const std::wstring_view string)
 {
-    if (!string.empty())
-    {
-        const auto codepage = _api.GetConsoleOutputCP();
-        InputEventQueue keyEvents;
-
-        for (const auto& wch : string)
-        {
-            CharToKeyEvents(wch, codepage, keyEvents);
-        }
-
-        WriteInput(keyEvents);
-    }
+    const auto& gci = ServiceLocator::LocateGlobals().getConsoleInformation();
+    gci.GetActiveInputBuffer()->WriteString(string);
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/terminal/parser/InputStateMachineEngine.cpp b/src/terminal/parser/InputStateMachineEngine.cpp
index 645ff33a1d..70e8243b6f 100644
--- a/src/terminal/parser/InputStateMachineEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/terminal/parser/InputStateMachineEngine.cpp
@@ -287,20 +287,6 @@ bool InputStateMachineEngine::ActionPrintString(const std::wstring_view string)
 // - true iff we successfully dispatched the sequence.
 bool InputStateMachineEngine::ActionPassThroughString(const std::wstring_view string, const bool /*flush*/)
 {
-    if (_pDispatch->IsVtInputEnabled())
-    {
-        // Synthesize string into key events that we'll write to the buffer
-        // similar to TerminalInput::_SendInputSequence
-        if (!string.empty())
-        {
-            InputEventQueue inputEvents;
-            for (const auto& wch : string)
-            {
-                inputEvents.push_back(SynthesizeKeyEvent(true, 1, 0, 0, wch, 0));
-            }
-            return _pDispatch->WriteInput(inputEvents);
-        }
-    }
     return ActionPrintString(string);
 }