diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e79c77009..1098845f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -197,8 +197,6 @@ jobs:
             os: windows-latest
           - name: Terminal UI (Linux arm64)
             os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
-          - name: Terminal UI (Windows arm64)
-            os: windows-11-arm
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tui-release.yml b/.github/workflows/tui-release.yml
index 72b0d5a15..6c13c3927 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tui-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tui-release.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ jobs:
             target: linux-arm64
           - os: windows-latest
             target: win32-x64
-          - os: windows-11-arm
-            target: win32-arm64
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/tui/src/app.test.ts b/tui/src/app.test.ts
index 67c6c1712..1d5b28f2f 100644
--- a/tui/src/app.test.ts
+++ b/tui/src/app.test.ts
@@ -641,10 +641,25 @@ if (process.platform !== "win32") {
       stdout: "pipe",
       stderr: "pipe",
     })
-    await Bun.sleep(250)
+    const decoder = new TextDecoder()
+    let output = ""
+    const collectOutput = (async () => {
+      const reader = child.stdout.getReader()
+      while (true) {
+        const { done, value } = await reader.read()
+        if (done) break
+        output += decoder.decode(value, { stream: true })
+      }
+      output += decoder.decode()
+    })()
+
+    // Slow Intel runners can spend more than 250 ms importing OpenTUI. Wait
+    // for terminal setup, which happens after the signal handlers are
+    // registered, before exercising shutdown.
+    await waitUntil(() => output.includes("\x1b[?1049h"), 5_000)
     child.kill("SIGTERM")
     const exitCode = await child.exited
-    const output = await new Response(child.stdout).text()
+    await collectOutput
     const error = await new Response(child.stderr).text()
 
     expect(exitCode).toBe(0)