diff --git a/src/terminalDisplay/TerminalPainter.cpp b/src/terminalDisplay/TerminalPainter.cpp
index b2a17dab..5524af04 100644
--- a/src/terminalDisplay/TerminalPainter.cpp
+++ b/src/terminalDisplay/TerminalPainter.cpp
@@ -145,24 +145,6 @@ void TerminalPainter::drawContents(Character *image,
                         break;
                     }
 
-                    // Group spaces following any non-wide character with the character. This allows for
-                    // rendering ambiguous characters with wide glyphs without clipping them.
-                    // NOTE: This happens in the else case too, but we need it here as well.
-                    if (!doubleWidth && next_char.character == ' ' && char_value.equalsFormat(next_char)) {
-                        univec << next_char.character;
-                        len++;
-                        while (isInsideDrawArea(x + len)) {
-                            const Character next_char_gp = image[m_parentDisplay->loc(x + len, y)];
-                            if (next_char_gp.character == ' ' && char_value.hasSameColors(next_char_gp) && char_value.hasSameRendition(next_char_gp)) {
-                                univec << next_char_gp.character;
-                                len++;
-                            } else {
-                                break;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        break;
-                    }
-
                     const uint c = next_char.character;
                     if ((next_char.rendition & RE_EXTENDED_CHAR) != 0) {
                         // sequence of characters