diff --git a/include/ui/console.h b/include/ui/console.h
index 788ff103ad..e2e5ff76ec 100644
--- a/include/ui/console.h
+++ b/include/ui/console.h
@@ -416,7 +416,6 @@ void qemu_console_set_window_id(QemuConsole *con, int window_id);
 void qemu_console_resize(QemuConsole *con, int width, int height);
 DisplaySurface *qemu_console_surface(QemuConsole *con);
 void coroutine_fn qemu_console_co_wait_update(QemuConsole *con);
-int qemu_invalidate_text_consoles(void);
 
 /* console-gl.c */
 #ifdef CONFIG_OPENGL
diff --git a/ui/console-priv.h b/ui/console-priv.h
index 2c2cfd9957..8bcdb79d91 100644
--- a/ui/console-priv.h
+++ b/ui/console-priv.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ struct QemuConsole {
 };
 
 void qemu_text_console_update_size(QemuTextConsole *c);
-void qemu_text_console_update_cursor(void);
+void vt100_update_cursor(void);
 void qemu_text_console_handle_keysym(QemuTextConsole *s, int keysym);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/ui/console-vc-stubs.c b/ui/console-vc-stubs.c
index 8a7f19c1f4..d911a82f26 100644
--- a/ui/console-vc-stubs.c
+++ b/ui/console-vc-stubs.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ void qemu_text_console_update_size(QemuTextConsole *c)
 {
 }
 
-void qemu_text_console_update_cursor(void)
+void vt100_update_cursor(void)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/console-vc.c b/ui/console-vc.c
index fca04fe57d..931693a7b0 100644
--- a/ui/console-vc.c
+++ b/ui/console-vc.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/fifo8.h"
 #include "qemu/option.h"
+#include "qemu/queue.h"
 #include "ui/console.h"
 
 #include "trace.h"
@@ -68,8 +69,13 @@ struct QemuVT100 {
     int update_y0;
     int update_x1;
     int update_y1;
+
+    QTAILQ_ENTRY(QemuVT100) list;
 };
 
+static QTAILQ_HEAD(QemuVT100Head, QemuVT100) vt100s =
+    QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(vt100s);
+
 typedef struct QemuTextConsole {
     QemuConsole parent;
 
@@ -1042,20 +1048,28 @@ static int vc_chr_write(Chardev *chr, const uint8_t *buf, int len)
     return len;
 }
 
-void qemu_text_console_update_cursor(void)
+void vt100_update_cursor(void)
 {
+    QemuVT100 *vt;
+
     cursor_visible_phase = !cursor_visible_phase;
 
-    if (qemu_invalidate_text_consoles()) {
-        timer_mod(cursor_timer,
-                  qemu_clock_get_ms(QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME) + CONSOLE_CURSOR_PERIOD / 2);
+    if (QTAILQ_EMPTY(&vt100s)) {
+        return;
     }
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(vt, &vt100s, list) {
+        vt100_refresh(vt);
+    }
+
+    timer_mod(cursor_timer,
+        qemu_clock_get_ms(QEMU_CLOCK_REALTIME) + CONSOLE_CURSOR_PERIOD / 2);
 }
 
 static void
 cursor_timer_cb(void *opaque)
 {
-    qemu_text_console_update_cursor();
+    vt100_update_cursor();
 }
 
 static void text_console_invalidate(void *opaque)
@@ -1071,6 +1085,9 @@ static void text_console_invalidate(void *opaque)
 static void
 qemu_text_console_finalize(Object *obj)
 {
+    QemuTextConsole *s = QEMU_TEXT_CONSOLE(obj);
+
+    QTAILQ_REMOVE(&vt100s, &s->vt, list);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1095,6 +1112,7 @@ qemu_text_console_init(Object *obj)
 {
     QemuTextConsole *c = QEMU_TEXT_CONSOLE(obj);
 
+    QTAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&vt100s, &c->vt, list);
     fifo8_create(&c->out_fifo, 16);
     c->vt.total_height = DEFAULT_BACKSCROLL;
     QEMU_CONSOLE(c)->hw_ops = &text_console_ops;
diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
index beaef4ad8b..a7bd22515b 100644
--- a/ui/console.c
+++ b/ui/console.c
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ void register_displaychangelistener(DisplayChangeListener *dcl)
     } else if (QEMU_IS_TEXT_CONSOLE(dcl->con)) {
         qemu_text_console_update_size(QEMU_TEXT_CONSOLE(dcl->con));
     }
-    qemu_text_console_update_cursor();
+    vt100_update_cursor();
 }
 
 void update_displaychangelistener(DisplayChangeListener *dcl,
@@ -1457,23 +1457,6 @@ int qemu_console_get_height(QemuConsole *con, int fallback)
     }
 }
 
-int qemu_invalidate_text_consoles(void)
-{
-    QemuConsole *s;
-    int count = 0;
-
-    QTAILQ_FOREACH(s, &consoles, next) {
-        if (qemu_console_is_graphic(s) ||
-            !qemu_console_is_visible(s)) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        count++;
-        graphic_hw_invalidate(s);
-    }
-
-    return count;
-}
-
 void qemu_console_resize(QemuConsole *s, int width, int height)
 {
     DisplaySurface *surface = qemu_console_surface(s);