diff --git a/src/styles/style.css b/src/styles/style.css
index 795a7d5..a365af1 100644
--- a/src/styles/style.css
+++ b/src/styles/style.css
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ a:hover, a:focus-visible {
   animation: blink 1.1s steps(1) infinite;
 }
 @keyframes blink { 50% { opacity: 0; } }
-#term-input { all: unset; width: 0; padding-right: 1px; caret-color: var(--fg); } /* as wide as its text */
-.prompt:focus-within .cursor { display: none; } /* the input's own caret takes over while typing */
+#term-input { all: unset; width: 0; caret-color: transparent; } /* as wide as its text, so the block cursor follows it */
 
 /* Terminal: continues right below the first prompt. Lines scrolled off its screen become page text,
    the screen shows the rows in use and xterm.js fits rows and columns to the window. */