diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index db38c65ad..e9b27f05a 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ pub fn preeditCallback(self: *Surface, preedit_: ?[]const u8) !void {
     var codepoints: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Codepoint) = .{};
     defer codepoints.deinit(self.alloc);
     while (it.nextCodepoint()) |cp| {
-        const width: usize = if (cp <= 0xFF) 1 else @intCast(unicode.table.get(cp).width);
+        const width: usize = @intCast(unicode.table.get(cp).width);
 
         // I've never seen a preedit text with a zero-width character. In
         // theory its possible but we can't really handle it right now.