diff --git a/src/vteseq.cc b/src/vteseq.cc
index 1a64602..50cb5cb 100644
--- a/src/vteseq.cc
+++ b/src/vteseq.cc
@@ -1936,11 +1936,8 @@ VteTerminalPrivate::seq_tab()
 			glong i;
 			gboolean found = FALSE;
 			for (i = old_len; i > col; i--) {
-				const VteCell *cell = _vte_row_data_get (rowdata, i - 1);
-				if (cell->attr.fragment || cell->c != 0) {
 					found = TRUE;
 					break;
-				}
 			}
 			/* Nothing found on the line after us, turn this into
 			 * a smart tab */
