diff --git a/terminal/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.test/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/speedtest/SpeedTestConnection.java b/terminal/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.test/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/speedtest/SpeedTestConnection.java
index b77ed9ab7e9..115435b0ff9 100644
--- a/terminal/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.test/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/speedtest/SpeedTestConnection.java
+++ b/terminal/org.eclipse.tm.terminal.test/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/speedtest/SpeedTestConnection.java
@@ -73,9 +73,7 @@ public class SpeedTestConnection extends Thread {
 			line=reader.readLine();
 
 			// read some bytes
-			if(line==null) {
-				fControl.displayTextInTerminal("\033[2J\033c"+info);
-			} else {
+			if(line!=null) {
 				os.write(line.getBytes("UTF-8"));
 				os.write(crnl);
 				n+=line.length();