Index: src/LYMainLoop.c
--- src/LYMainLoop.c.orig
+++ src/LYMainLoop.c
@@ -7225,7 +7225,8 @@ int mainloop(void)
 	    handle_LYK_DOWN_HALF(&old_c, real_c);
 	    break;
 
-#ifdef CAN_CUT_AND_PASTE
+/* Disabling clipboard interactions to avoid pledged calls to exec. */
+#if 0
 	case LYK_TO_CLIPBOARD:	/* ^S */
 	    {
 		char *s;