diff --git a/src/frontend/gui/termwindow.rs b/src/frontend/gui/termwindow.rs
index d833448c3..8e7d4830d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/gui/termwindow.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/gui/termwindow.rs
@@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ impl WindowCallbacks for TermWindow {
             }
             WMEK::Press(_) => {
                 if let Some(focused) = self.focused.as_ref() {
-                    let now = Instant::now();
-                    if now.duration_since(*focused) <= Duration::from_millis(200) {
+                    if focused.elapsed() <= Duration::from_millis(200) {
                         log::trace!("discard mouse click because it focused the window");
                         return;
                     }