diff --git a/lisp/international/characters.el b/lisp/international/characters.el
index 9b1ec704a01..18d833f2733 100644
--- a/lisp/international/characters.el
+++ b/lisp/international/characters.el
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@
 	(goto-char pos)
 	(looking-at "\\cC+")
 	(goto-char (match-end 0))
-	(if (looking-at "\\cK+\\|\\cH+")
+	(if (looking-at "\\cH+")
 	    (goto-char (match-end 0)))
 	(point))
     (while (and (> pos limit)