diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
index 620c2e870b0546..931559d0ef93c2 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
@@ -1643,17 +1643,12 @@ const parentSigtermCallback: SigtermCallback = async (signal, exitCode) => {
   await Promise.all([...sigtermCallbacks].map((cb) => cb(signal, exitCode)))
 }
 
-const drain = () => {}
-
 export const setupSIGTERMListener = (
   callback: (signal?: 'SIGTERM', exitCode?: number) => Promise<void>,
 ): void => {
   if (sigtermCallbacks.size === 0) {
     process.once('SIGTERM', parentSigtermCallback)
     if (process.env.CI !== 'true') {
-      if (!process.stdin.isTTY) {
-        process.stdin.on('data', drain)
-      }
       process.stdin.on('end', parentSigtermCallback)
     }
   }
@@ -1667,7 +1662,6 @@ export const teardownSIGTERMListener = (
   if (sigtermCallbacks.size === 0) {
     process.off('SIGTERM', parentSigtermCallback)
     if (process.env.CI !== 'true') {
-      process.stdin.off('data', drain)
       process.stdin.off('end', parentSigtermCallback)
     }
   }