diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index d83926b43..d29aead0c 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -482,9 +482,7 @@ pub fn deinit(self: *Surface) void {
 /// Close this surface. This will trigger the runtime to start the
 /// close process, which should ultimately deinitialize this surface.
 pub fn close(self: *Surface) void {
-    if (@hasDecl(apprt.Surface, "close")) {
-        self.rt_surface.close();
-    } else log.warn("runtime doesn't implement close", .{});
+    self.rt_surface.close();
 }
 
 /// Called from the app thread to handle mailbox messages to our specific
diff --git a/src/termio/Exec.zig b/src/termio/Exec.zig
index 37150a5cf..c1a903b7f 100644
--- a/src/termio/Exec.zig
+++ b/src/termio/Exec.zig
@@ -364,22 +364,6 @@ fn processExit(
     return .disarm;
 }
 
-fn ttyClose(
-    _: ?*EventData,
-    _: *xev.Loop,
-    _: *xev.Completion,
-    _: xev.Stream,
-    r: xev.Stream.CloseError!void,
-) xev.CallbackAction {
-    _ = r catch |err| {
-        log.warn("error closing tty err={}", .{err});
-        return .disarm;
-    };
-
-    log.debug("tty parent closed", .{});
-    return .disarm;
-}
-
 fn ttyWrite(
     ev_: ?*EventData,
     _: *xev.Loop,