diff --git a/modules/completion/corfu/config.el b/modules/completion/corfu/config.el
index 127ff5509..3e6566bb2 100644
--- a/modules/completion/corfu/config.el
+++ b/modules/completion/corfu/config.el
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ This function respects the value of `+corfu-want-minibuffer-completion':
 
 (use-package! corfu-terminal
   :when (modulep! :os tty)
+  :unless (featurep 'tty-child-frames)
   :hook ((corfu-mode . corfu-terminal-mode)))
 
 
diff --git a/modules/completion/corfu/packages.el b/modules/completion/corfu/packages.el
index 890aa3eb7..8b18ff74e 100644
--- a/modules/completion/corfu/packages.el
+++ b/modules/completion/corfu/packages.el
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
   ;; save contributor headaches we should only pin vertico's orderless and leave
   ;; this one unpinned.
   (package! orderless))
-(when (modulep! :os tty)
+(when (and (modulep! :os tty)
+           (not (featurep 'tty-child-frames)))
   (package! corfu-terminal :pin "501548c3d51f926c687e8cd838c5865ec45d03cc"))
 (when (modulep! :editor snippets)
   (package! yasnippet-capf :pin "f53c42a996b86fc95b96bdc2deeb58581f48c666"))