=== modified file 't/05read.c'
--- t/05read.c	2012-03-08 21:31:16 +0000
+++ t/05read.c	2012-01-18 16:36:10 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <errno.h>
 #include "../termkey.h"
 #include "taplib.h"
 
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@
   TermKey   *tk;
   TermKeyKey key;
 
-  plan_tests(21);
+  plan_tests(19);
 
   /* We'll need a real filehandle we can write/read.
    * pipe() can make us one */
@@ -61,11 +60,6 @@
 
   is_int(termkey_get_buffer_remaining(tk), 256, "buffer free 256 after completion");
 
-  termkey_stop(tk);
-
-  is_int(termkey_getkey(tk, &key), TERMKEY_RES_ERROR, "getkey yields RES_ERROR after termkey_stop()");
-  is_int(errno, EINVAL, "getkey error is EINVAL");
-
   termkey_destroy(tk);
 
   return exit_status();

=== modified file 'termkey.c'
--- termkey.c	2012-03-08 21:31:16 +0000
+++ termkey.c	2012-03-08 21:24:39 +0000
@@ -733,11 +733,6 @@
 {
   int again = 0;
 
-  if(!tk->is_started) {
-    errno = EINVAL;
-    return TERMKEY_RES_ERROR;
-  }
-
 #ifdef DEBUG
   fprintf(stderr, "getkey(force=%d): buffer ", force);
   print_buffer(tk);