diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalConnection/AzureConnection.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalConnection/AzureConnection.cpp
index 21ec8639f6ce..f04e08bd74b8 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalConnection/AzureConnection.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalConnection/AzureConnection.cpp
@@ -264,13 +264,14 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::TerminalConnection::implementation
             if (_state == AzureState::TermConnected)
             {
                 // Close the websocket connection
-                auto closedTask = _cloudShellSocket.close();
-                closedTask.wait();
+                _cloudShellSocket.close();
             }
 
             if (_hOutputThread)
             {
-                // Tear down our output thread
+                // Waiting for the output thread to exit ensures that all pending _TerminalOutputHandlers()
+                // calls have returned and won't notify our caller (ControlCore) anymore. This ensures that
+                // we don't call a destroyed event handler asynchronously from a background thread (GH#13880).
                 WaitForSingleObject(_hOutputThread.get(), INFINITE);
                 _hOutputThread.reset();
             }
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalConnection/ConptyConnection.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalConnection/ConptyConnection.cpp
index 2f0b55ca9c55..6a2ae7c8a43f 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalConnection/ConptyConnection.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalConnection/ConptyConnection.cpp
@@ -556,19 +556,13 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::TerminalConnection::implementation
 
             if (_hOutputThread)
             {
-                // Tear down our output thread -- now that the output pipe was closed on the
-                // far side, we can run down our local reader.
+                // Waiting for the output thread to exit ensures that all pending _TerminalOutputHandlers()
+                // calls have returned and won't notify our caller (ControlCore) anymore. This ensures that
+                // we don't call a destroyed event handler asynchronously from a background thread (GH#13880).
                 LOG_LAST_ERROR_IF(WAIT_FAILED == WaitForSingleObject(_hOutputThread.get(), INFINITE));
                 _hOutputThread.reset();
             }
 
-            if (_piClient.hProcess)
-            {
-                // Wait for the client to terminate (which it should do successfully)
-                LOG_LAST_ERROR_IF(WAIT_FAILED == WaitForSingleObject(_piClient.hProcess, INFINITE));
-                _piClient.reset();
-            }
-
             _transitionToState(ConnectionState::Closed);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.cpp
index 3fdeb2ae4423..91057b830410 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.cpp
@@ -1498,32 +1498,6 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
         _FoundMatchHandlers(*this, *foundResults);
     }
 
-    // Method Description:
-    // - Asynchronously close our connection. The Connection will likely wait
-    //   until the attached process terminates before Close returns. If that's
-    //   the case, we don't want to block the UI thread waiting on that process
-    //   handle.
-    // Arguments:
-    // - <none>
-    // Return Value:
-    // - <none>
-    winrt::fire_and_forget ControlCore::_asyncCloseConnection()
-    {
-        if (auto localConnection{ std::exchange(_connection, nullptr) })
-        {
-            // Close the connection on the background thread.
-            co_await winrt::resume_background(); // ** DO NOT INTERACT WITH THE CONTROL CORE AFTER THIS LINE **
-
-            // Here, the ControlCore very well might be gone.
-            // _asyncCloseConnection is called on the dtor, so it's entirely
-            // possible that the background thread is resuming after we've been
-            // cleaned up.
-
-            localConnection.Close();
-            // connection is destroyed.
-        }
-    }
-
     void ControlCore::Close()
     {
         if (!_IsClosing())
@@ -1533,13 +1507,7 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
             // Stop accepting new output and state changes before we disconnect everything.
             _connection.TerminalOutput(_connectionOutputEventToken);
             _connectionStateChangedRevoker.revoke();
-
-            // GH#1996 - Close the connection asynchronously on a background
-            // thread.
-            // Since TermControl::Close is only ever triggered by the UI, we
-            // don't really care to wait for the connection to be completely
-            // closed. We can just do it whenever.
-            _asyncCloseConnection();
+            _connection.Close();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.h b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.h
index 63983f9be01d..c82f93406745 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.h
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalControl/ControlCore.h
@@ -271,8 +271,6 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Control::implementation
         std::unique_ptr<til::throttled_func_trailing<>> _updatePatternLocations;
         std::shared_ptr<ThrottledFuncTrailing<Control::ScrollPositionChangedArgs>> _updateScrollBar;
 
-        winrt::fire_and_forget _asyncCloseConnection();
-
         bool _setFontSizeUnderLock(int fontSize);
         void _updateFont(const bool initialUpdate = false);
         void _refreshSizeUnderLock();