diff --git a/configs/client.nix b/configs/client.nix
index 817daa5..9e20d55 100644
--- a/configs/client.nix
+++ b/configs/client.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-{ lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  config,
+  ...
+}:
 {
   imports = [
     ./common.nix
@@ -17,7 +22,8 @@
       nixd
     ];
 
-    variables.SSH_ASKPASS_REQUIRE = "prefer";
+    # disable ssh-askpass on wsl namely, to simply have a normal prompt that reads from stdin
+    variables.SSH_ASKPASS_REQUIRE = if config.programs.ssh.enableAskPassword then "prefer" else "never";
   };
 
   networking = {
@@ -31,11 +37,7 @@
 
   programs = {
     nix-ld.enable = true;
-    ssh = {
-      startAgent = true;
-      enableAskPassword = true;
-      askPassword = lib.mkOverride 1200 "${pkgs.curses-ssh-askpass}"; # see exprs/curses-ssh-askpass.nix
-    };
+    ssh.startAgent = true;
   };
 
   virtualisation.docker.enable = true;
diff --git a/configs/desktop.nix b/configs/desktop.nix
index 416ef2d..f87a1f3 100644
--- a/configs/desktop.nix
+++ b/configs/desktop.nix
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
   programs = {
     firefox.enable = true;
     virt-manager.enable = true;
+    ssh.enableAskPassword = true;
   };
 
   security.pam.services.login.enableGnomeKeyring = true;
diff --git a/exprs/curses-ssh-askpass.nix b/exprs/curses-ssh-askpass.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 653500b..0000000
--- a/exprs/curses-ssh-askpass.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  pinentry-curses,
-  writeShellScript,
-}:
-writeShellScript "curses-ssh-askpass" ''
-  if [ -z ''${1+x} ]; then
-    prompt="GETPIN"
-  else
-    prompt="SETDESC $1\nGETPIN"
-  fi
-
-  pin=$(echo -e "$prompt" | ${lib.getExe pinentry-curses} -T /dev/pts/0 | grep D | tr -d '\n')
-  echo "''${pin:2}"
-''
diff --git a/exprs/overlay.nix b/exprs/overlay.nix
index 9a7430d..566bb41 100644
--- a/exprs/overlay.nix
+++ b/exprs/overlay.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 inputs: final: prev: {
   idea-ultimate-fixed = prev.callPackage ./idea-fixed.nix { };
-  curses-ssh-askpass = prev.callPackage ./curses-ssh-askpass.nix { };
 
   vencord = prev.vencord.overrideAttrs (old: rec {
     version = "${old.version}+git.${inputs.vencord.shortRev}";