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diff --git a/Lib/test/support/script_helper.py b/Lib/test/support/script_helper.py
index 9c2e9eb..c45d010 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/script_helper.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/script_helper.py
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ def run_python_until_end(*args, **env_vars):
# Need to preserve the original environment, for in-place testing of
# shared library builds.
env = os.environ.copy()
+ # set TERM='' unless the TERM environment variable is passed explicitly
+ # see issues #11390 and #18300
+ if 'TERM' not in env_vars:
+ env['TERM'] = ''
# But a special flag that can be set to override -- in this case, the
# caller is responsible to pass the full environment.
if env_vars.pop('__cleanenv', None):