diff --git a/programs/network/ircc/textbox.inc b/programs/network/ircc/textbox.inc
index f72e11f50..540f9a314 100644
--- a/programs/network/ircc/textbox.inc
+++ b/programs/network/ircc/textbox.inc
@@ -84,10 +84,6 @@ text_nextline:
         je      .done
         cmp     al, 13
         je      .done
-        cmp     al, 3                   ; mIRC color escape - skip args without counting width
-        je      .skip_color
-        cmp     al, 0x20                ; other control char - skip without counting
-        jb      .loop
         and     al, 0xc0
         cmp     al, 0x80
         je      .loop           ; This byte is the second, third or fourth byte of a multi-byte UTF8 char
@@ -95,21 +91,6 @@ text_nextline:
         jnz     .loop
   .done:
         ret
-  .skip_color:
-; In backward scans (called with DF set from draw_channel_text scroll loop),
-; color args precede \x03 in buffer and have already been counted as plain
-; chars. Forward-parsing them here would corrupt esi, so fall back to the
-; pre-PR behavior of treating \x03 as a regular 1-width character.
-        pushfd
-        pop     eax                     ; AL is reloaded by lodsb on .loop re-entry
-        test    eax, 1 shl 10           ; DF set = backward direction
-        jnz     .skip_color_backward
-        call    skip_mirc_color_args
-        jmp     .loop
-  .skip_color_backward:
-        dec     ecx
-        jnz     .loop
-        ret                             ; ecx hit 0: same as .done fallthrough
 
 ;----------------------------------
 ; print string