diff --git a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/Prompter.java b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/Prompter.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 085952ff180c6..0000000000000
--- a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/Prompter.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-package io.quarkus.gradle;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.function.Consumer;
-
-import org.aesh.readline.Readline;
-import org.aesh.readline.ReadlineBuilder;
-import org.aesh.readline.tty.terminal.TerminalConnection;
-import org.aesh.terminal.tty.Signal;
-
-/**
- * Prompt implementation.
- */
-public class Prompter {
-
-    private static class Prompt {
-        private final String prompt;
-        private final String defaultValue;
-        private final Consumer<String> inputConsumer;
-
-        public Prompt(String prompt, String defaultValue, Consumer<String> inputConsumer) {
-            this.prompt = prompt;
-            this.defaultValue = defaultValue;
-            this.inputConsumer = inputConsumer;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private final List<Prompt> prompts = new ArrayList<>();
-
-    public Prompter() throws IOException {
-    }
-
-    public Prompter addPrompt(String prompt, Consumer<String> inputConsumer) {
-        prompts.add(new Prompt(prompt, null, inputConsumer));
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    public Prompter addPrompt(String prompt, String defaultValue, Consumer<String> inputConsumer) {
-        prompts.add(new Prompt(prompt, defaultValue, inputConsumer));
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    public void collectInput() throws IOException {
-        if (prompts.isEmpty()) {
-            return;
-        }
-        final TerminalConnection connection = new TerminalConnection();
-        connection.setSignalHandler(interruptionSignalHandler());
-        try {
-            read(connection, ReadlineBuilder.builder().enableHistory(false).build(), prompts.iterator());
-            connection.openBlocking();
-        } finally {
-            connection.close();
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static void read(TerminalConnection connection, Readline readline, Iterator<Prompt> prompts) {
-        final Prompt prompt = prompts.next();
-        readline.readline(connection, prompt.prompt, input -> {
-            prompt.inputConsumer.accept(
-                    (input == null || input.isBlank()) && prompt.defaultValue != null ? prompt.defaultValue : input);
-            if (!prompts.hasNext()) {
-                connection.close();
-            } else {
-                read(connection, readline, prompts);
-            }
-        });
-    }
-
-    private Consumer<Signal> interruptionSignalHandler() {
-        return new Consumer<Signal>() {
-            @Override
-            public void accept(Signal signal) {
-                if (signal == Signal.INT) {
-                    throw new RuntimeException("Process interrupted");
-                }
-            }
-        };
-    }
-}
diff --git a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/QuarkusDev.java b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/QuarkusDev.java
index 9124c1a7157aa..087cfe11dd965 100644
--- a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/QuarkusDev.java
+++ b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/tasks/QuarkusDev.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FilterInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -17,8 +18,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.Scanner;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
@@ -69,7 +70,6 @@
 import io.quarkus.deployment.dev.DevModeContext;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.dev.DevModeMain;
 import io.quarkus.deployment.dev.QuarkusDevModeLauncher;
-import io.quarkus.gradle.Prompter;
 import io.quarkus.gradle.dependency.ApplicationDeploymentClasspathBuilder;
 import io.quarkus.gradle.dsl.CompilerOption;
 import io.quarkus.gradle.dsl.CompilerOptions;
@@ -324,14 +324,16 @@ public void startDev() {
         AnalyticsService analyticsService = new AnalyticsService(FileLocationsImpl.INSTANCE,
                 new GradleMessageWriter(getLogger()));
         analyticsService.buildAnalyticsUserInput((String prompt) -> {
-            try {
-                final AtomicReference<String> userInput = new AtomicReference<>("");
-                final Prompter prompter = new Prompter();
-                prompter.addPrompt(prompt, input -> userInput.set(input));
-                prompter.collectInput();
-                return userInput.get();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                getLogger().debug("Failed to collect user input for analytics", e);
+            System.out.print(prompt);
+            try (Scanner scanner = new Scanner(new FilterInputStream(System.in) {
+                @Override
+                public void close() throws IOException {
+                    //don't close System.in!
+                }
+            })) {
+                return scanner.nextLine();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                getLogger().warn("Failed to collect user input for analytics", e);
                 return "";
             }
         });
diff --git a/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java b/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java
index e204db0bf7218..df7db12ab28e5 100644
--- a/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java
+++ b/devtools/maven/src/main/java/io/quarkus/maven/DevMojo.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import static org.twdata.maven.mojoexecutor.MojoExecutor.version;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FilterInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -31,8 +32,8 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.Scanner;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -102,7 +103,6 @@
 import io.quarkus.maven.MavenDevModeLauncher.Builder;
 import io.quarkus.maven.components.CompilerOptions;
 import io.quarkus.maven.components.MavenVersionEnforcer;
-import io.quarkus.maven.components.Prompter;
 import io.quarkus.maven.components.QuarkusWorkspaceProvider;
 import io.quarkus.maven.dependency.ArtifactCoords;
 import io.quarkus.maven.dependency.ArtifactKey;
@@ -411,14 +411,16 @@ public void execute() throws MojoFailureException, MojoExecutionException {
         saveTerminalState();
 
         analyticsProvider.buildAnalyticsUserInput((String prompt) -> {
-            try {
-                final AtomicReference<String> userInput = new AtomicReference<>("");
-                final Prompter prompter = new Prompter();
-                prompter.addPrompt(prompt, input -> userInput.set(input));
-                prompter.collectInput();
-                return userInput.get();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                getLog().debug("Failed to collect user input for analytics", e);
+            System.out.print(prompt);
+            try (Scanner scanner = new Scanner(new FilterInputStream(System.in) {
+                @Override
+                public void close() throws IOException {
+                    //don't close System.in!
+                }
+            })) {
+                return scanner.nextLine();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                getLog().warn("Failed to collect user input for analytics", e);
                 return "";
             }
         });