diff --git a/src/mixins/itext_behavior.mixin.js b/src/mixins/itext_behavior.mixin.js
index 4ded8cb0..7f729b31 100644
--- a/src/mixins/itext_behavior.mixin.js
+++ b/src/mixins/itext_behavior.mixin.js
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@
       this.text = this.text.slice(0, index - 1) +
                   this.text.slice(index);
 
-      this._textLines = this.text.split(this._reNewline);
+      this._textLines = this._splitTextIntoLines();
     },
 
     /**