diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.h b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
index 78c8b6fd77..a2ecc086f7 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.h
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR  2
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR 43
-#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MICRO  3
+#define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MICRO  4
 
 #define LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_INT AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVFILTER_VERSION_MINOR, \
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_drawtext.c b/libavfilter/vf_drawtext.c
index 4a6693e22f..54119a0a5b 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_drawtext.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_drawtext.c
@@ -654,12 +654,6 @@ static int draw_text(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFilterBufferRef *picref,
             x += delta.x >> 6;
         }
 
-        if (x + glyph->bbox.xMax >= width) {
-            str_w = FFMAX(str_w, x - dtext->x);
-            y += text_height;
-            x = dtext->x;
-        }
-
         /* save position */
         dtext->positions[i].x = x + glyph->bitmap_left;
         dtext->positions[i].y = y - glyph->bitmap_top + y_max;