diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
index f5cb93580..0adc11fa4 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView_AppKit.swift
@@ -849,28 +849,8 @@ extension Ghostty {
             var handled: Bool = false
             if let list = keyTextAccumulator, list.count > 0 {
                 handled = true
-
-                // This is a hack. libghostty on macOS treats ctrl input as not having
-                // text because some keyboard layouts generate bogus characters for
-                // ctrl+key. libghostty can't tell this is from an IM keyboard giving
-                // us direct values. So, we just remove control.
-                var modifierFlags = event.modifierFlags
-                modifierFlags.remove(.control)
-                if let keyTextEvent = NSEvent.keyEvent(
-                    with: .keyDown,
-                    location: event.locationInWindow,
-                    modifierFlags: modifierFlags,
-                    timestamp: event.timestamp,
-                    windowNumber: event.windowNumber,
-                    context: nil,
-                    characters: event.characters ?? "",
-                    charactersIgnoringModifiers: event.charactersIgnoringModifiers ?? "",
-                    isARepeat: event.isARepeat,
-                    keyCode: event.keyCode
-                ) {
-                    for text in list {
-                        _ = keyAction(action, event: keyTextEvent, text: text)
-                    }
+                for text in list {
+                    _ = keyAction(action, event: event, text: text)
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/apprt/embedded.zig b/src/apprt/embedded.zig
index 02bbda0d9..4b9066355 100644
--- a/src/apprt/embedded.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/embedded.zig
@@ -182,14 +182,9 @@ pub const App = struct {
                 if (strip) translate_mods.alt = false;
             }
 
-            // On macOS we strip ctrl because UCKeyTranslate
-            // converts to the masked values (i.e. ctrl+c becomes 3)
-            // and we don't want that behavior.
-            //
-            // We also strip super because its not used for translation
-            // on macos and it results in a bad translation.
+            // We strip super on macOS because its not used for translation
+            // it results in a bad translation.
             if (comptime builtin.target.isDarwin()) {
-                translate_mods.ctrl = false;
                 translate_mods.super = false;
             }
 
@@ -236,7 +231,14 @@ pub const App = struct {
                     .surface => |surface| &surface.keymap_state,
                 },
                 @intCast(keycode),
-                translate_mods,
+                if (comptime builtin.target.isDarwin()) mods: {
+                    // On macOS we strip ctrl because UCKeyTranslate
+                    // converts to the masked values (i.e. ctrl+c becomes 3)
+                    // and we don't want that behavior.
+                    var v = translate_mods;
+                    v.ctrl = false;
+                    break :mods v;
+                } else translate_mods,
             );
 
             // TODO(mitchellh): I think we can get rid of the above keymap