diff --git a/source/NVDAObjects/UIA/winConsoleUIA.py b/source/NVDAObjects/UIA/winConsoleUIA.py
index 41b379717bd..7499a832248 100644
--- a/source/NVDAObjects/UIA/winConsoleUIA.py
+++ b/source/NVDAObjects/UIA/winConsoleUIA.py
@@ -287,6 +287,11 @@ def script_flush_queuedChars(self, gesture):
 		self._queuedChars = []
 		speech.clearTypedWordBuffer()
 
+	def _get_caretMovementDetectionUsesEvents(self):
+		"""Using caret events in consoles sometimes causes the last character of the
+		prompt to be read when quickly deleting text."""
+		return False
+
 	def _getTextLines(self):
 		# Filter out extraneous empty lines from UIA
 		ptr = self.UIATextPattern.GetVisibleRanges()