diff --git a/src/Serilog/Parsing/MessageTemplateParser.cs b/src/Serilog/Parsing/MessageTemplateParser.cs
index b3d934e..81481a0 100644
--- a/src/Serilog/Parsing/MessageTemplateParser.cs
+++ b/src/Serilog/Parsing/MessageTemplateParser.cs
@@ -150,11 +150,6 @@ public class MessageTemplateParser : IMessageTemplateParser
             if (!int.TryParse(alignment, NumberStyles.AllowLeadingSign, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var width))
                 return new TextToken(rawText);
 
-            // int.MinValue has no positive counterpart, so it cannot be an alignment
-            // width; treat it as text rather than overflowing below.
-            if (width == int.MinValue)
-                return new TextToken(rawText);
-
             var hasDash = alignment[0] == '-';
             var direction = hasDash ? AlignmentDirection.Left : AlignmentDirection.Right;
 
diff --git a/test/Serilog.Tests/Parsing/MessageTemplateParserTests.cs b/test/Serilog.Tests/Parsing/MessageTemplateParserTests.cs
index ccf6b65..f56fb60 100644
--- a/test/Serilog.Tests/Parsing/MessageTemplateParserTests.cs
+++ b/test/Serilog.Tests/Parsing/MessageTemplateParserTests.cs
@@ -379,13 +379,6 @@ public class MessageTemplateParserTests
             new TextToken("{Hello,10-1}"));
     }
 
-    [Fact]
-    public void AlignmentOfIntMinValueIsParsedAsText()
-    {
-        AssertParsedAs("{Hello,-2147483648}",
-            new TextToken("{Hello,-2147483648}"));
-    }
-
     [Fact]
     public void EmptyAlignmentIsParsedAsText()
     {