diff --git a/scintilla/boostregex/BoostRegExSearch.cxx b/scintilla/boostregex/BoostRegExSearch.cxx
index 2157bbc2..d37e7491 100644
--- a/scintilla/boostregex/BoostRegExSearch.cxx
+++ b/scintilla/boostregex/BoostRegExSearch.cxx
@@ -163,14 +163,6 @@ long BoostRegexSearch::FindText(Document* doc, int minPos, int maxPos, const cha
 	// Work out the range of lines we're searching across, moving beyond an empty end-of-line
 	int lineRangeStart = doc->LineFromPosition(startPos);
 	int lineRangeEnd = doc->LineFromPosition(endPos);
-	if ((increment == 1) &&
-		(startPos >= doc->LineEnd(lineRangeStart)) &&
-		(lineRangeStart < lineRangeEnd)) 
-	{
-		// the start position is at end of line or between line end characters.
-		lineRangeStart++;
-		startPos = doc->LineStart(lineRangeStart);
-	}
 
 	regex_constants::match_flag_type flags(regex_constants::match_default);