This seems to have been caused due to this commit: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-25&id=0a21b26c58a241ac41cd12cd10cd605238bb2640 Relevant portion from the diff: + ;; Recognize the start of a bracketed paste sequence. The handler + ;; internally recognizes the end. + (define-key map "\e[200~" [xterm-paste]) Copying Stefan as he authored that commit. -- -- Kaushal Modi