diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index 3d7b00a..0a11bb8 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ typedef enum { CLOSE_ALL, CLOSE_TO, CLOSE_FROM } two_way_close_type;
 #define at_eof(iop)     (((iop)->flag & IOP_AT_EOF) != 0)
 #define has_no_data(iop)        ((iop)->dataend == NULL)
 #define no_data_left(iop)	((iop)->off >= (iop)->dataend)
-#define buffer_has_all_data(iop) ((iop)->dataend - (iop)->off == (iop)->public.sbuf.st_size)
 
 /*
  * The key point to the design is to split out the code that searches through
@@ -3477,14 +3476,6 @@ get_a_record(char **out,        /* pointer to pointer to data */
 		if (ret == REC_OK)
 			break;
 
-		/*
-		 * Likely found the record; if there's no more data
-		 * to be had (like from a tiny regular file), break the
-		 * loop. Otherwise, see if we can read more.
-		 */
-		if (ret == TERMNEAREND && buffer_has_all_data(iop))
-			break;
-
 		/* need to add more data to buffer */
 		/* shift data down in buffer */
 		dataend_off = iop->dataend - iop->off;