diff --git a/src/renderer/api/terminal-api.ts b/src/renderer/api/terminal-api.ts
index 347dfac224..59e248fba5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/terminal-api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/terminal-api.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ export class TerminalApi extends WebSocketApi {
 
   public onReady = new EventEmitter<[]>();
   @observable public isReady = false;
-  @observable public shellRunCommandsFinished = false;
   public readonly url: string;
 
   constructor(protected options: TerminalApiQuery) {
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ export class TerminalApi extends WebSocketApi {
   connect() {
     this.emitStatus("Connecting ...");
     this.onData.addListener(this._onReady, { prepend: true });
-    this.onData.addListener(this._onShellRunCommandsFinished);
     super.connect(this.url);
   }
 
@@ -109,24 +107,6 @@ export class TerminalApi extends WebSocketApi {
     this.onReady.removeAllListeners();
   }
 
-  _onShellRunCommandsFinished = (data: string) => {
-    if (!data) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * This is a heuistic for ditermining when a shell has finished executing
-     * its own rc file (or RunCommands file) such as `.bashrc` or `.zshrc`.
-     *
-     * This heuistic assumes that the prompt line of a terminal is a single line
-     * and ends with a whitespace character.
-     */
-    if (data.match(/\r?\n/) === null && data.match(/\s$/)) {
-      this.shellRunCommandsFinished = true;
-      this.onData.removeListener(this._onShellRunCommandsFinished);
-    }
-  };
-
   @boundMethod
   protected _onReady(data: string) {
     if (!data) return true;
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal.store.ts b/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal.store.ts
index dd5251bac2..b5116a94e8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal.store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/terminal.store.ts
@@ -117,15 +117,18 @@ export class TerminalStore extends Singleton {
 
       await when(() => this.connections.has(tab.id));
 
-      const rcIsFinished = when(() => this.connections.get(tab.id).shellRunCommandsFinished);
+      const shellIsReady = when(() => this.connections.get(tab.id).isReady);
       const notifyVeryLong = setTimeout(() => {
-        rcIsFinished.cancel();
-        Notifications.info("Terminal shell is taking a long time to complete startup. Please check your .rc file. Bypassing shell completion check.", {
-          timeout: 4_000,
-        });
+        shellIsReady.cancel();
+        Notifications.info(
+          "If terminal shell is not ready please check your shell init files, if applicable.",
+          {
+            timeout: 4_000,
+          },
+        );
       }, 10_000);
 
-      await rcIsFinished.catch(noop);
+      await shellIsReady.catch(noop);
       clearTimeout(notifyVeryLong);
     }