diff --git a/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/emulator/VT100Emulator.java b/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/emulator/VT100Emulator.java
index 2d75c086a8c..4f8e1364d5a 100644
--- a/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/emulator/VT100Emulator.java
+++ b/terminal/plugins/org.eclipse.tm.terminal/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/emulator/VT100Emulator.java
@@ -987,19 +987,11 @@ public class VT100Emulator implements ControlListener {
 		String positionReport = "\u001b[" + (relativeCursorLine() + 1) + ";" + //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 				(getCursorColumn() + 1) + "R"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
-		OutputStreamWriter streamWriter = null;
 		try {
-			streamWriter = new OutputStreamWriter(terminal.getOutputStream(), "ISO-8859-1"); //$NON-NLS-1$
-			streamWriter.write(positionReport, 0, positionReport.length());
-			streamWriter.flush();
+			terminal.getOutputStream().write(positionReport.getBytes("ISO-8859-1")); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			terminal.getOutputStream().flush();
 		} catch (IOException ex) {
 			Logger.log("Caught IOException!"); //$NON-NLS-1$
-		} finally {
-			if (streamWriter != null) {
-				try {
-					streamWriter.close();
-				} catch (IOException e) { /* ignored on purpose */ }
-			}
 		}
 	}