diff --git a/src/win/tty.c b/src/win/tty.c
index 5d5b92d0..517aa4af 100644
--- a/src/win/tty.c
+++ b/src/win/tty.c
@@ -1625,28 +1625,16 @@ static int uv_tty_write_bufs(uv_tty_t* handle,
   /* We can only write 8k characters at a time. Windows can't handle much more
    * characters in a single console write anyway. */
   WCHAR utf16_buf[MAX_CONSOLE_CHAR];
-  WCHAR* utf16_buffer;
   DWORD utf16_buf_used = 0;
-  unsigned int i, len, max_len, pos;
-  int allocate = 0;
+  unsigned int i;
 
-#define FLUSH_TEXT()                                                 \
-  do {                                                               \
-    pos = 0;                                                         \
-    do {                                                             \
-      len = utf16_buf_used - pos;                                    \
-      if (len > MAX_CONSOLE_CHAR)                                    \
-        len = MAX_CONSOLE_CHAR;                                      \
-      uv_tty_emit_text(handle, &utf16_buffer[pos], len, error);      \
-      pos += len;                                                    \
-    } while (pos < utf16_buf_used);                                  \
-    if (allocate) {                                                  \
-      uv__free(utf16_buffer);                                        \
-      allocate = 0;                                                  \
-      utf16_buffer = utf16_buf;                                      \
-    }                                                                \
-    utf16_buf_used = 0;                                              \
- } while (0)
+#define FLUSH_TEXT()                                                \
+  do {                                                              \
+    if (utf16_buf_used > 0) {                                       \
+      uv_tty_emit_text(handle, utf16_buf, utf16_buf_used, error);   \
+      utf16_buf_used = 0;                                           \
+    }                                                               \
+  } while (0)
 
 #define ENSURE_BUFFER_SPACE(wchars_needed)                          \
   if (wchars_needed > ARRAY_SIZE(utf16_buf) - utf16_buf_used) {     \
@@ -1663,48 +1651,12 @@ static int uv_tty_write_bufs(uv_tty_t* handle,
    * keep parsing the buffer so we leave the parser in a consistent state. */
   *error = ERROR_SUCCESS;
 
-  utf16_buffer = utf16_buf;
-
   uv_sem_wait(&uv_tty_output_lock);
 
   for (i = 0; i < nbufs; i++) {
     uv_buf_t buf = bufs[i];
     unsigned int j;
 
-    if (uv__vterm_state == UV_TTY_SUPPORTED && buf.len > 0) {
-      utf16_buf_used = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8,
-                                           0,
-                                           buf.base,
-                                           buf.len,
-                                           NULL,
-                                           0);
-
-      if (utf16_buf_used == 0) {
-        *error = GetLastError();
-        break;
-      }
-
-      max_len = (utf16_buf_used + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR);
-      allocate = max_len > MAX_CONSOLE_CHAR;
-      if (allocate)
-        utf16_buffer = uv__malloc(max_len);
-      if (!MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8,
-                               0,
-                               buf.base,
-                               buf.len,
-                               utf16_buffer,
-                               utf16_buf_used)) {
-        if (allocate)
-          uv__free(utf16_buffer);
-        *error = GetLastError();
-        break;
-      }
-
-      FLUSH_TEXT();
-
-      continue;
-    }
-
     for (j = 0; j < buf.len; j++) {
       unsigned char c = buf.base[j];
 
@@ -1761,7 +1713,9 @@ static int uv_tty_write_bufs(uv_tty_t* handle,
       }
 
       /* Parse vt100/ansi escape codes */
-      if (ansi_parser_state == ANSI_NORMAL) {
+      if (uv__vterm_state == UV_TTY_SUPPORTED) {
+        /* Pass through escape codes if conhost supports them. */
+      } else if (ansi_parser_state == ANSI_NORMAL) {
         switch (utf8_codepoint) {
           case '\033':
             ansi_parser_state = ANSI_ESCAPE_SEEN;