diff --git a/scripts/s/sh b/scripts/s/sh
index d825d71..a509169 100755
--- a/scripts/s/sh
+++ b/scripts/s/sh
@@ -274,8 +274,6 @@ done; exit 1'}
 		case *
 			printf '%s\n' $"input > $S/prompt || { printf 'submit failed\n' >[1=2] }
 
-			cat $S/statewait >/dev/null >[2]/dev/null
-
 			while(! is_idle) {
 				n=`{wc -c < $S/chat >[2]/dev/null}
 				if(~ $#n 0) n=0