diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/terminal.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/terminal.tsx
index 5a3d79a40f..b76f2ba567 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/terminal.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/terminal.tsx
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ import { ThemeStore } from "../../theme.store";
 export const Terminal = observer(() => {
   const userStore = UserStore.getInstance();
   const themeStore = ThemeStore.getInstance();
-  const [terminalSettings, setTerminalSettings] = React.useState({
-    shell: userStore.shell || "",
-    terminalFontSize: userStore.terminalConfig.fontSize,
-    terminalFontFamily: userStore.terminalConfig.fontFamily,
-  });
   const defaultShell = process.env.SHELL
   || process.env.PTYSHELL
   || (
@@ -35,12 +30,8 @@ export const Terminal = observer(() => {
       <Input
         theme="round-black"
         placeholder={defaultShell}
-        value={terminalSettings.shell}
-        onChange={(value) => setTerminalSettings({
-          ...terminalSettings,
-          shell: value,
-        })}
-        onBlur={() => userStore.shell = terminalSettings.shell}
+        value={userStore.shell}
+        onChange={(value) => userStore.shell = value}
       />
     </section>
 
@@ -74,12 +65,8 @@ export const Terminal = observer(() => {
         type="number"
         min={10}
         validators={InputValidators.isNumber}
-        value={terminalSettings.terminalFontSize.toString()}
-        onChange={(value) => setTerminalSettings({
-          ...terminalSettings,
-          terminalFontSize: Number(value),
-        })}
-        onBlur={() => userStore.terminalConfig.fontSize = terminalSettings.terminalFontSize}
+        value={userStore.terminalConfig.fontSize.toString()}
+        onChange={(value) => userStore.terminalConfig.fontSize=Number(value)}
       />
     </section>
     <section>
@@ -87,12 +74,8 @@ export const Terminal = observer(() => {
       <Input
         theme="round-black"
         type="text"
-        value={terminalSettings.terminalFontFamily}
-        onChange={(value) => setTerminalSettings({
-          ...terminalSettings,
-          terminalFontFamily: value.toString(),
-        })}
-        onBlur={() => userStore.terminalConfig.fontFamily = terminalSettings.terminalFontFamily}
+        value={userStore.terminalConfig.fontFamily}
+        onChange={(value) => userStore.terminalConfig.fontFamily=value}
       />
     </section>
   </div>);
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal.store.ts b/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal.store.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index bc6bda61e8..0000000000
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal.store.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,184 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2021 OpenLens Authors
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
- * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
- * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
- * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
- * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
- * subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
- * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
- * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
- * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
- * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-import { autorun, observable, when } from "mobx";
-import { autoBind, noop, Singleton } from "../../utils";
-import { Terminal } from "./terminal";
-import { TerminalApi, TerminalChannels } from "../../api/terminal-api";
-import { dockStore, DockTab, DockTabCreateSpecific, TabId, TabKind } from "./dock.store";
-import { WebSocketApiState } from "../../api/websocket-api";
-import { Notifications } from "../notifications";
-
-export interface ITerminalTab extends DockTab {
-  node?: string; // activate node shell mode
-}
-
-export function createTerminalTab(tabParams: DockTabCreateSpecific = {}) {
-  return dockStore.createTab({
-    title: `Terminal`,
-    ...tabParams,
-    kind: TabKind.TERMINAL,
-  });
-}
-
-export class TerminalStore extends Singleton {
-  protected terminals = new Map<TabId, Terminal>();
-  protected connections = observable.map<TabId, TerminalApi>();
-
-  constructor() {
-    super();
-    autoBind(this);
-
-    // connect active tab
-    autorun(() => {
-      const { selectedTab, isOpen } = dockStore;
-
-      if (selectedTab?.kind === TabKind.TERMINAL && isOpen) {
-        this.connect(selectedTab.id);
-      }
-    });
-    // disconnect closed tabs
-    autorun(() => {
-      const currentTabs = dockStore.tabs.map(tab => tab.id);
-
-      for (const [tabId] of this.connections) {
-        if (!currentTabs.includes(tabId)) this.disconnect(tabId);
-      }
-    });
-  }
-
-  connect(tabId: TabId) {
-    if (this.isConnected(tabId)) {
-      return;
-    }
-    const tab: ITerminalTab = dockStore.getTabById(tabId);
-    const api = new TerminalApi({
-      id: tabId,
-      node: tab.node,
-    });
-    const terminal = new Terminal(tabId, api);
-
-    this.connections.set(tabId, api);
-    this.terminals.set(tabId, terminal);
-
-    api.connect();
-  }
-
-  disconnect(tabId: TabId) {
-    if (!this.isConnected(tabId)) {
-      return;
-    }
-    const terminal = this.terminals.get(tabId);
-    const terminalApi = this.connections.get(tabId);
-
-    terminal.destroy();
-    terminalApi.destroy();
-    this.connections.delete(tabId);
-    this.terminals.delete(tabId);
-  }
-
-  reconnect(tabId: TabId) {
-    this.connections.get(tabId)?.connect();
-  }
-
-  isConnected(tabId: TabId) {
-    return Boolean(this.connections.get(tabId));
-  }
-
-  isDisconnected(tabId: TabId) {
-    return this.connections.get(tabId)?.readyState === WebSocketApiState.CLOSED;
-  }
-
-  async sendCommand(command: string, options: { enter?: boolean; newTab?: boolean; tabId?: TabId } = {}) {
-    const { enter, newTab, tabId } = options;
-
-    if (tabId) {
-      dockStore.selectTab(tabId);
-    }
-
-    if (newTab) {
-      const tab = createTerminalTab();
-
-      await when(() => this.connections.has(tab.id));
-
-      const shellIsReady = when(() => this.connections.get(tab.id).isReady);
-      const notifyVeryLong = setTimeout(() => {
-        shellIsReady.cancel();
-        Notifications.info(
-          "If terminal shell is not ready please check your shell init files, if applicable.",
-          {
-            timeout: 4_000,
-          },
-        );
-      }, 10_000);
-
-      await shellIsReady.catch(noop);
-      clearTimeout(notifyVeryLong);
-    }
-
-    const terminalApi = this.connections.get(dockStore.selectedTabId);
-
-    if (terminalApi) {
-      if (enter) {
-        command += "\r";
-      }
-
-      terminalApi.sendMessage({
-        type: TerminalChannels.STDIN,
-        data: command,
-      });
-    } else {
-      console.warn("The selected tab is does not have a connection. Cannot send command.", { tabId: dockStore.selectedTabId, command });
-    }
-  }
-
-  getTerminal(tabId: TabId) {
-    return this.terminals.get(tabId);
-  }
-
-  reset() {
-    [...this.connections].forEach(([tabId]) => {
-      this.disconnect(tabId);
-    });
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * @deprecated use `TerminalStore.getInstance()` instead
- */
-export const terminalStore = new Proxy({}, {
-  get(target, p) {
-    if (p === "$$typeof") {
-      return "TerminalStore";
-    }
-
-    const ts = TerminalStore.getInstance();
-    const res = (ts as any)?.[p];
-
-    if (typeof res === "function") {
-      return function (...args: any[]) {
-        return res.apply(ts, args);
-      };
-    }
-
-    return res;
-  },
-}) as TerminalStore;