diff --git a/src/renderer/dx/CustomTextLayout.cpp b/src/renderer/dx/CustomTextLayout.cpp
index 9ea3cdf3b..d00700d27 100644
--- a/src/renderer/dx/CustomTextLayout.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer/dx/CustomTextLayout.cpp
@@ -404,30 +404,8 @@ CustomTextLayout::CustomTextLayout(gsl::not_null<IDWriteFactory1*> const factory
             // Offsets is how far to move the origin (in pixels) from where it is
             auto& offset = _glyphOffsets.at(i);
 
-            // Get how many columns we expected the glyph to have and multiply into pixels.
-            UINT16 columns = 0;
-            {
-                // Because of typographic features such as ligatures, it is well possible for a glyph to represent
-                //  multiple code points. Previous calls to IDWriteTextAnalyzer::GetGlyphs stores the mapping
-                //  information between code points and glyphs in _glyphClusters.
-                // To properly allocate the columns for such glyphs, we need to find all characters that this glyph
-                //  is representing and add column counts for all the characters together.
-
-                // Find the range for current glyph run in _glyphClusters.
-                const auto runStartIterator = _glyphClusters.begin() + run.textStart;
-                const auto runEndIterator = _glyphClusters.begin() + run.textStart + run.textLength;
-
-                // Find the range of characters that the current glyph is representing.
-                const auto firstIterator = std::find(runStartIterator, runEndIterator, i - run.glyphStart);
-                const auto lastIterator = std::find(runStartIterator, runEndIterator, i - run.glyphStart + 1);
-
-                // Add all allocated column counts together.
-                for (auto j = firstIterator; j < lastIterator; j++)
-                {
-                    const auto charIndex = std::distance(_glyphClusters.begin(), j);
-                    columns += _textClusterColumns.at(charIndex);
-                }
-            }
+            // Get how many columns we expected the glyph to have and mutiply into pixels.
+            const auto columns = _textClusterColumns.at(i);
             const auto advanceExpected = static_cast<float>(columns * _width);
 
             // If what we expect is bigger than what we have... pad it out.