diff --git a/src/tui/light.go b/src/tui/light.go
index 3062ab453521d8f99351af6330f8b1e70c6e51ed..d051e67a93d067119831d22dad72121309b8cd27 100644
--- a/src/tui/light.go
+++ b/src/tui/light.go
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ func wrapLine(input string, prefixLength int, max int, tabstop int) []wrappedLin
 	width := 0
 	line := ""
 	for _, r := range input {
-		w := util.Max(util.RuneWidth(r, prefixLength+width, 8), 1)
+		w := util.RuneWidth(r, prefixLength+width, 8)
 		width += w
 		str := string(r)
 		if r == '\t' {