diff --git a/lib/tty_posix.js b/lib/tty_posix.js
diff --git a/lib/tty_win32.js b/lib/tty_win32.js
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ exports.puts = function() {
 
 
 exports.debug = function(x) {
-  process.binding('stdio').writeError('DEBUG: ' + x + '\n');
+  process.writeError('DEBUG: ' + x + '\n');
 };
 
 
 var error = exports.error = function(x) {
   for (var i = 0, len = arguments.length; i < len; ++i) {
-    process.binding('stdio').writeError(arguments[i] + '\n');
+    process.writeError(arguments[i] + '\n');
   }
 };
 

diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@
       'lib/sys.js',
       'lib/timers.js',
       'lib/tls.js',
-      'lib/tty_legacy.js',
-      'lib/tty_posix.js',
-      'lib/tty_uv.js',
-      'lib/tty_win32.js',
+      'lib/tty.js',
       'lib/url.js',
       'lib/util.js',
       'lib/vm.js',
@@ -109,7 +106,6 @@
         'src/node_os.h',
         'src/node_root_certs.h',
         'src/node_script.h',
-        'src/node_stdio.h',
         'src/node_string.h',
         'src/node_version.h',
         'src/pipe_wrap.h',
@@ -153,7 +149,6 @@
         [ 'OS=="win"', {
           'sources': [
             'src/platform_win32.cc',
-            'src/node_stdio_win32.cc',
             # headers to make for a more pleasant IDE experience
             'src/platform_win32.h',
           ],
@@ -169,7 +164,6 @@
             'src/node_signal_watcher.cc',
             'src/node_stat_watcher.cc',
             'src/node_io_watcher.cc',
-            'src/node_stdio.cc',
           ]
         }],
         [ 'OS=="mac"', {

diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
@@ -1236,7 +1236,8 @@ void DisplayExceptionLine (TryCatch &try_catch) {
 
   Handle<Message> message = try_catch.Message();
 
-  node::Stdio::DisableRawMode(STDIN_FILENO);
+  uv_tty_reset_mode();
+
   fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 
   if (!message.IsEmpty()) {
@@ -1338,6 +1339,34 @@ Local<Value> ExecuteString(Handle<String> source, Handle<Value> filename) {
 }
 
 
+/* STDERR IS ALWAY SYNC ALWAYS UTF8 */
+static Handle<Value> WriteError (const Arguments& args) {
+  HandleScope scope;
+
+  if (args.Length() < 1) {
+    return Undefined();
+  }
+
+  String::Utf8Value msg(args[0]->ToString());
+
+  ssize_t r;
+  size_t written = 0;
+  while (written < (size_t) msg.length()) {
+    r = write(STDERR_FILENO, (*msg) + written, msg.length() - written);
+    if (r < 0) {
+      if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EIO) {
+        usleep(100);
+        continue;
+      }
+      return ThrowException(ErrnoException(errno, "write"));
+    }
+    written += (size_t)r;
+  }
+
+  return True();
+}
+
+
 static Handle<Value> Chdir(const Arguments& args) {
   HandleScope scope;
 
@@ -2174,6 +2203,8 @@ Handle<Object> SetupProcessObject(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   NODE_SET_METHOD(process, "chdir", Chdir);
   NODE_SET_METHOD(process, "cwd", Cwd);
 
+  NODE_SET_METHOD(process, "writeError", WriteError);
+
   NODE_SET_METHOD(process, "umask", Umask);
 
 #ifdef __POSIX__
@@ -2198,7 +2229,6 @@ Handle<Object> SetupProcessObject(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
 
 static void AtExit() {
-  node::Stdio::Flush();
   uv_tty_reset_mode();
 }
 

diff --git a/src/node.js b/src/node.js
@@ -458,9 +458,6 @@
   // backend.
   function translateId(id) {
     switch (id) {
-      case 'tty':
-        return process.features.uv ? 'tty_uv' : 'tty_legacy';
-
       default:
         return id;
     }

diff --git a/src/node_extensions.h b/src/node_extensions.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ NODE_EXT_LIST_ITEM(node_http_parser)
 #ifdef __POSIX__
 NODE_EXT_LIST_ITEM(node_signal_watcher)
 #endif
-NODE_EXT_LIST_ITEM(node_stdio)
 NODE_EXT_LIST_ITEM(node_os)
 NODE_EXT_LIST_ITEM(node_zlib)
 

diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
@@ -899,13 +899,10 @@ def build(bld):
     src/v8_typed_array.cc
   """
 
-  if sys.platform.startswith("win32"):
-    node.source += " src/node_stdio_win32.cc "
-  else:
+  if not sys.platform.startswith("win32"):
     node.source += " src/node_signal_watcher.cc "
     node.source += " src/node_stat_watcher.cc "
     node.source += " src/node_io_watcher.cc "
-    node.source += " src/node_stdio.cc "
 
   node.source += bld.env["PLATFORM_FILE"]
   if not product_type_is_lib: