diff --git a/SourceX/DiabloUI/diabloui.cpp b/SourceX/DiabloUI/diabloui.cpp
index e6d72c348..817b68453 100644
--- a/SourceX/DiabloUI/diabloui.cpp
+++ b/SourceX/DiabloUI/diabloui.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ void UiFocusPageDown()
 void selhero_CatToName(char *in_buf, char *out_buf, int cnt)
 {
 	std::string output = utf8_to_latin1(in_buf);
-	output.resize(SDL_TEXTINPUTEVENT_TEXT_SIZE - 1);
 	strncat(out_buf, output.c_str(), cnt - strlen(out_buf));
 }