diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalManager.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalManager.swift
index 42e35b90e..92dc46f3b 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalManager.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalManager.swift
@@ -95,11 +95,8 @@ class TerminalManager {
             }
         }
 
-        // If our app isn't active, we make it active. All new_window actions
-        // force our app to be active.
-        if !NSApp.isActive {
-            NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
-        }
+        // All new_window actions force our app to be active.
+        NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
 
         // We're dispatching this async because otherwise the lastCascadePoint doesn't
         // take effect. Our best theory is there is some next-event-loop-tick logic