diff --git a/src/Pty.cpp b/src/Pty.cpp
index 02dab684..106f76a3 100644
--- a/src/Pty.cpp
+++ b/src/Pty.cpp
@@ -278,22 +278,6 @@ void Pty::closePty()
     pty()->close();
 }
 
-void Pty::sendEof()
-{
-    if (pty()->masterFd() < 0) {
-        qCDebug(KonsoleDebug) << "Unable to get eof char attribute, terminal not connected.";
-        return;
-    }
-    struct ::termios ttyAttributes;
-    pty()->tcGetAttr(&ttyAttributes);
-    char eofChar = ttyAttributes.c_cc[VEOF];
-    if (pty()->write(QByteArray(1, eofChar)) == -1) {
-        qCDebug(KonsoleDebug) << "Unable to send EOF";
-    }
-
-    pty()->waitForBytesWritten();
-}
-
 int Pty::foregroundProcessGroup() const
 {
     const int master_fd = pty()->masterFd();
diff --git a/src/Pty.h b/src/Pty.h
index 80020eff..be406c62 100644
--- a/src/Pty.h
+++ b/src/Pty.h
@@ -122,11 +122,6 @@ public:
      */
     void closePty();
 
-    /**
-     * Sends EOF to the controlled process, this is the preferred method of telling e. g. bash to close
-     */
-    void sendEof();
-
 public Q_SLOTS:
     /**
      * Put the pty into UTF-8 mode on systems which support it.
diff --git a/src/session/Session.cpp b/src/session/Session.cpp
index 0523011a..ba6dcf46 100644
--- a/src/session/Session.cpp
+++ b/src/session/Session.cpp
@@ -872,27 +872,16 @@ bool Session::closeInNormalWay()
         return true;
     }
 
-    static QSet<QString> knownShells({QStringLiteral("ash"), QStringLiteral("bash"), QStringLiteral("csh"), QStringLiteral("dash"), QStringLiteral("fish"), QStringLiteral("hush"), QStringLiteral("ksh"), QStringLiteral("mksh"), QStringLiteral("pdksh"), QStringLiteral("tcsh"), QStringLiteral("zsh")});
-
-    // If only the session's shell is running, try sending an EOF for a clean exit
-    if (!isForegroundProcessActive() && knownShells.contains(QFileInfo(_program).fileName())) {
-        _shellProcess->sendEof();
-
-        if (_shellProcess->waitForFinished(1000)) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        qWarning() << "shell did not close, sending SIGHUP";
-    }
-
-
-    // We tried asking nicely, ask a bit less nicely
+    // try SIGHUP, afterwards do hard kill
+    // this is the sequence used by most other terminal emulators like xterm, gnome-terminal, ...
+    // see bug 401898 for details about tries to have some "soft-terminate" via EOF character
     if (kill(SIGHUP)) {
         return true;
-    } else {
-        qWarning() << "Process " << processId() << " did not die with SIGHUP";
-        _shellProcess->closePty();
-        return (_shellProcess->waitForFinished(1000));
     }
+
+    qWarning() << "Process " << processId() << " did not die with SIGHUP";
+    _shellProcess->closePty();
+    return (_shellProcess->waitForFinished(1000));
 }
 
 bool Session::closeInForceWay()