diff --git a/src/sbbs3/con_out.cpp b/src/sbbs3/con_out.cpp
index 2a58cbaa2619d755f82c9a31f14bd3906efc621d..7f37acf629a6a42ddb6a72c1cf08bf82778dd67a 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/con_out.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/con_out.cpp
@@ -702,7 +702,6 @@ int sbbs_t::outchar(char ch)
 				if(lncntr || lastlinelen)
 					lncntr++;
 				lbuflen=0;
-				column=0;
 				break;
 			case FF:	// 12
 				lncntr=0;