diff --git a/src/screen.cpp b/src/screen.cpp
index 6e565dcf9..da5c2803d 100644
--- a/src/screen.cpp
+++ b/src/screen.cpp
@@ -1196,7 +1196,9 @@ void s_reset(screen_t *s, screen_reset_mode_t mode) {
         // line above your prompt. This doesn't make a difference in normal usage, but copying and
         // pasting your terminal log becomes a pain. This commit clears that line, making it an
         // actual empty line.
-        abandon_line_string.append(L"\e[2K");
+        if (!is_dumb()) {
+            abandon_line_string.append(str2wcstring(clr_eol));
+        }
 
         const std::string narrow_abandon_line_string = wcs2string(abandon_line_string);
         write_loop(STDOUT_FILENO, narrow_abandon_line_string.c_str(),