diff --git a/src/document/plain/renderer.c b/src/document/plain/renderer.c
index 074cd2d2..aebaba5f 100644
--- a/src/document/plain/renderer.c
+++ b/src/document/plain/renderer.c
@@ -452,7 +452,6 @@ add_document_line(struct plain_renderer *renderer,
 						template->data = UCS_NO_CHAR;
 						copy_screen_chars(pos++,
 								  template, 1);
-						cell++;
 					}
 				} else
 #endif /* CONFIG_UTF8 */