diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/CHANGELOG.md
index 4e29d2ed4517d..8021068edfb13 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+2.8.3
+-----
+
+ * remove readline support from the question helper as it caused issues
+
 2.8.0
 -----
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php
index a09a56c239e89..5bb30df8ad059 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php
@@ -134,7 +134,11 @@ public function doAsk(OutputInterface $output, Question $question)
             }
 
             if (false === $ret) {
-                $ret = $this->readFromInput($inputStream);
+                $ret = fgets($inputStream, 4096);
+                if (false === $ret) {
+                    throw new \RuntimeException('Aborted');
+                }
+                $ret = trim($ret);
             }
         } else {
             $ret = trim($this->autocomplete($output, $question, $inputStream));
@@ -427,30 +431,6 @@ private function getShell()
         return self::$shell;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Reads user input.
-     *
-     * @param resource $stream The input stream
-     *
-     * @return string User input
-     *
-     * @throws RuntimeException
-     */
-    private function readFromInput($stream)
-    {
-        if (STDIN === $stream && function_exists('readline')) {
-            $ret = readline('');
-        } else {
-            $ret = fgets($stream, 4096);
-        }
-
-        if (false === $ret) {
-            throw new RuntimeException('Aborted');
-        }
-
-        return trim($ret);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns whether Stty is available or not.
      *