diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 46505e7e..ad4c199f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 	* src/browser.c (browser_refresh): Limit the selected file to the
 	available ones in the list -- after a refresh the number may have
 	decreased.  This fixes Savannah bug #45424.
+	* src/text.c (do_deletion): There is no need to check again for the
+	line ending -- it was done already in the encompassing 'if'.
 
 2015-06-27  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/text.c (do_undo, add_undo): Skip undoing a backspace *only* when
diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index 956a557e..5945ec85 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -123,10 +123,6 @@ void do_deletion(undo_type action)
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
 	add_undo(action);
 #endif
-	/* If we're deleting at the end of a line, we need to call
-	 * edit_refresh(). */
-	if (openfile->current->data[openfile->current_x] == '\0')
-	    edit_refresh_needed = TRUE;
 
 	openfile->current->data = charealloc(openfile->current->data,
 		strlen(openfile->current->data) + strlen(foo->data) + 1);
@@ -146,6 +142,9 @@ void do_deletion(undo_type action)
 	renumber(openfile->current);
 	openfile->totsize--;
 
+	/* Two lines were joined, so we need to refresh the screen. */
+	edit_refresh_needed = TRUE;
+
 	/* If the NO_NEWLINES flag isn't set, and text has been added to
 	 * the magicline as a result of deleting at the end of the line
 	 * before filebot, add a new magicline. */