diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 32ace1c7e..e855d7ce4 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ GMP_jll = "781609d7-10c4-51f6-84f2-b8444358ff6d"
 Libdl = "8f399da3-3557-5675-b5ff-fb832c97cbdb"
 MacroTools = "1914dd2f-81c6-5fcd-8719-6d5c9610ff09"
 Markdown = "d6f4376e-aef5-505a-96c1-9c027394607a"
+Ncurses_jll = "68e3532b-a499-55ff-9963-d1c0c0748b3a"
 Pidfile = "fa939f87-e72e-5be4-a000-7fc836dbe307"
 Pkg = "44cfe95a-1eb2-52ea-b672-e2afdf69b78f"
 REPL = "3fa0cd96-eef1-5676-8a61-b3b8758bbffb"
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ GAP_jll = "~400.1200.101"
 GAP_lib_jll = "~400.1201.100"
 GAP_pkg_juliainterface_jll = "=0.800.201, =0.800.202"
 MacroTools = "0.5"
+Ncurses_jll = "6.4.1"
 Pidfile = "1.3"
 Scratch = "1.1"
 julia = "1.6"
diff --git a/src/GAP.jl b/src/GAP.jl
index 171ae69df..62e81ca19 100644
--- a/src/GAP.jl
+++ b/src/GAP.jl
@@ -286,13 +286,7 @@ function __init__()
         push!(cmdline_options, "-b")
     end
 
-
-    # The following withenv is needed to get readline input to work right; see also
-    # https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/Yggdrasil/issues/455 and
-    # https://github.com/oscar-system/GAP.jl/issues/415
-    withenv("TERMINFO_DIRS" => joinpath(GAP_jll.Readline_jll.Ncurses_jll.find_artifact_dir(), "share", "terminfo")) do
-        initialize(cmdline_options)
-    end
+    initialize(cmdline_options)
 
     if !show_banner
         # Leave it to GAP's `LoadPackage` whether package banners are shown.