diff --git a/humanize-duration.js b/humanize-duration.js
index c2a148c..0df4917 100644
--- a/humanize-duration.js
+++ b/humanize-duration.js
@@ -1382,9 +1382,7 @@
       var languageWord = language[unitName];
       var word;
       if (typeof languageWord === "function") {
-        // Pluralize on the rendered count: `maxDecimalPoints` may truncate 1.5 to
-        // "1", and the word must agree with what is shown.
-        word = languageWord(normalizedUnitCount);
+        word = languageWord(unitCount);
       } else {
         word = languageWord;
       }
diff --git a/test/humanizer.js b/test/humanizer.js
index d8ee572..2d966ed 100644
--- a/test/humanizer.js
+++ b/test/humanizer.js
@@ -162,19 +162,6 @@ describe("humanizer", function () {
     assert.strictEqual(h(7999), "7.999 seconds");
   });
 
-  it('pluralizes based on the count rendered by "maxDecimalPoints"', function () {
-    // A count truncated to exactly 1 must take the singular word.
-    assert.strictEqual(humanizer({ maxDecimalPoints: 0 })(1500), "1 second");
-    assert.strictEqual(humanizer({ maxDecimalPoints: 2 })(1005), "1 second");
-    // A truncated count that is not 1 stays plural.
-    assert.strictEqual(humanizer({ maxDecimalPoints: 0 })(2500), "2 seconds");
-    // German shares the same singular/plural mechanism.
-    assert.strictEqual(
-      humanizer({ language: "de", maxDecimalPoints: 0 })(1500),
-      "1 Sekunde"
-    );
-  });
-
   it("can ask for the largest units", function () {
     const h = humanizer({ largest: 2 });