diff --git a/src/mixins/itext_click_behavior.mixin.js b/src/mixins/itext_click_behavior.mixin.js
index 3449b847..b55fd814 100644
--- a/src/mixins/itext_click_behavior.mixin.js
+++ b/src/mixins/itext_click_behavior.mixin.js
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ fabric.util.object.extend(fabric.IText.prototype, /** @lends fabric.IText.protot
 
       if (mouseOffset.y < height) {
         return this._getNewSelectionStartFromOffset(
-          mouseOffset, prevWidth, width, charIndex + i, jlen, j);
+          mouseOffset, prevWidth, width, charIndex + i, jlen);
       }
     }
 
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ fabric.util.object.extend(fabric.IText.prototype, /** @lends fabric.IText.protot
   /**
    * @private
    */
-  _getNewSelectionStartFromOffset: function(mouseOffset, prevWidth, width, index, jlen, j) {
+  _getNewSelectionStartFromOffset: function(mouseOffset, prevWidth, width, index, jlen) {
 
     var distanceBtwLastCharAndCursor = mouseOffset.x - prevWidth,
         distanceBtwNextCharAndCursor = width - mouseOffset.x,
@@ -268,10 +268,6 @@ fabric.util.object.extend(fabric.IText.prototype, /** @lends fabric.IText.protot
       newSelectionStart = this.text.length;
     }
 
-    if (j === jlen) {
-      newSelectionStart--;
-    }
-
     return newSelectionStart;
   }
 });