diff --git a/cell.go b/cell.go
index 0debeee..d6b0554 100644
--- a/cell.go
+++ b/cell.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package tcell
 
 import (
 	"os"
-	"reflect"
 
 	runewidth "github.com/mattn/go-runewidth"
 )
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ func (cb *CellBuffer) SetContent(x int, y int,
 		// dirty as well as the base cell, to make sure we consider
 		// both cells as dirty together.  We only need to do this
 		// if we're changing content
-		if (c.width > 0) && (mainc != c.currMain || !reflect.DeepEqual(combc, c.currComb)) {
+		if (c.width > 0) && (mainc != c.currMain) {
 			for i := 0; i < c.width; i++ {
 				cb.SetDirty(x+i, y, true)
 			}