diff --git a/swill.go b/swill.go
index a9e2500..c88cf20 100644
--- a/swill.go
+++ b/swill.go
@@ -191,12 +191,12 @@ func splitStatus(status string) []string {
 	// Twitter has an insane definition of what counts as a character
 	// ( see https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/counting-characters )
 	// - as a crude approximation, anything outside LATIN-1 halfs the limit
-	for _, ch := range status {
-		if ch > 0x10FF {
-			characterLimit = CHARACTER_LIMIT / 2
-			break
-		}
-	}
+	// for _, ch := range status {
+	// 	if ch > 0x10FF {
+	// 		characterLimit = CHARACTER_LIMIT / 2
+	// 		break
+	// 	}
+	// }
 	asRunes := []rune(status)
 	split := []string{}
 	for len(asRunes) != 0 {