diff --git a/src/ini.rs b/src/ini.rs
index 748d1b1..f1cf0da 100644
--- a/src/ini.rs
+++ b/src/ini.rs
@@ -1017,13 +1017,7 @@ impl Ini {
                                 current_key = Some(key.clone());
                             }
 
-                            // `delimiter` is a byte offset and may itself be multi-byte, so advance by
-                            // its UTF-8 length.
-                            let delimiter_len = trimmed[delimiter..]
-                                .chars()
-                                .next()
-                                .map_or(1, char::len_utf8);
-                            let value = trimmed[delimiter + delimiter_len..].trim().to_owned();
+                            let value = trimmed[delimiter + 1..].trim().to_owned();
 
                             valmap.insert(key, Some(value));
                         }
diff --git a/tests/test.rs b/tests/test.rs
index c8ce8bf..6807c52 100644
--- a/tests/test.rs
+++ b/tests/test.rs
@@ -973,18 +973,3 @@ fn serde_case_sensitive_roundtrip() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
-
-#[test]
-fn multibyte_delimiter_does_not_panic() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
-    use configparser::ini::IniDefault;
-
-    // A multi-byte delimiter must not split on a non-char boundary.
-    let mut defaults = IniDefault::default();
-    defaults.delimiters = vec!['\u{00a7}']; // section sign, 2 bytes in UTF-8
-
-    let mut config = Ini::new_from_defaults(defaults);
-    config.read(String::from("[s]\nkey\u{00a7}value\n"))?;
-
-    assert_eq!(config.get("s", "key"), Some(String::from("value")));
-    Ok(())
-}