diff --git a/internal/llm/tools/view.go b/internal/llm/tools/view.go
index ff3749dd8424639b8c8700ce46ebaeb61a3d0394..27bbc237209e64637cfefb0f4ff1097f96641c2e 100644
--- a/internal/llm/tools/view.go
+++ b/internal/llm/tools/view.go
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func readTextFile(filePath string, offset, limit int) (string, int, error) {
 
 	lineCount := 0
 
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+	scanner := NewLineScanner(file)
 	if offset > 0 {
 		for lineCount < offset && scanner.Scan() {
 			lineCount++
@@ -298,3 +298,25 @@ func isImageFile(filePath string) (bool, string) {
 		return false, ""
 	}
 }
+
+type LineScanner struct {
+	scanner *bufio.Scanner
+}
+
+func NewLineScanner(r io.Reader) *LineScanner {
+	return &LineScanner{
+		scanner: bufio.NewScanner(r),
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *LineScanner) Scan() bool {
+	return s.scanner.Scan()
+}
+
+func (s *LineScanner) Text() string {
+	return s.scanner.Text()
+}
+
+func (s *LineScanner) Err() error {
+	return s.scanner.Err()
+}
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/chat/messages/renderer.go b/internal/tui/components/chat/messages/renderer.go
index 6bf3fbc3fa0c4fe6a6ba44d930bf3418696ea1d3..87eb2c8476655fe7d11fc8c787e73b32d4584de4 100644
--- a/internal/tui/components/chat/messages/renderer.go
+++ b/internal/tui/components/chat/messages/renderer.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package messages
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -657,7 +656,6 @@ func joinHeaderBody(header, body string) string {
 func renderPlainContent(v *toolCallCmp, content string) string {
 	t := styles.CurrentTheme()
 	content = strings.TrimSpace(content)
-	content = escapeContent(t, content)
 	lines := strings.Split(content, "\n")
 
 	width := v.textWidth() - 2 // -2 for left padding
@@ -696,7 +694,6 @@ func pad(v any, width int) string {
 
 func renderCodeContent(v *toolCallCmp, path, content string, offset int) string {
 	t := styles.CurrentTheme()
-	content = escapeContent(t, content)
 	truncated := truncateHeight(content, responseContextHeight)
 
 	highlighted, _ := highlight.SyntaxHighlight(truncated, path, t.BgBase)
@@ -769,45 +766,3 @@ func prettifyToolName(name string) string {
 		return name
 	}
 }
-
-// escapeContent escapes ANSI escape sequences and control characters in the
-// content and styles it for display in the terminal.
-func escapeContent(t *styles.Theme, content string) string {
-	content = strings.ReplaceAll(content, "\r\n", "\n")
-	lines := strings.Split(content, "\n")
-	for i, line := range lines {
-		lines[i] = escapeLine(t, line)
-	}
-
-	content = strings.Join(lines, "\n")
-	return content
-}
-
-// escapeLine escapes ANSI escape sequences and control characters and styles
-// them for display in the terminal.
-func escapeLine(t *styles.Theme, text string) string {
-	var (
-		sb    strings.Builder
-		state byte
-		seq   string
-		n     int
-		w     int
-	)
-	var faint lipgloss.Style
-	if t != nil {
-		faint = t.S().Muted.Faint(true)
-	}
-	for len(text) > 0 {
-		seq, w, n, state = ansi.DecodeSequence(text, state, nil)
-		if w > 0 {
-			sb.WriteString(seq)
-		} else {
-			quote := strconv.Quote(seq)
-			quote = strings.TrimPrefix(quote, "\"")
-			quote = strings.TrimSuffix(quote, "\"")
-			sb.WriteString(faint.Render(quote))
-		}
-		text = text[n:]
-	}
-	return sb.String()
-}
diff --git a/internal/tui/components/chat/messages/renderer_test.go b/internal/tui/components/chat/messages/renderer_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index cc20ed711aa16ab1bd2ab8f462cd9ee33e58b005..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/internal/tui/components/chat/messages/renderer_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-package messages
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestEscapeContent(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		name     string
-		input    string
-		expected string
-	}{
-		{
-			name:     "nothing to escape",
-			input:    "Hello, World!",
-			expected: "Hello, World!",
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "escape csi sequences",
-			input:    "\x1b[31mRed Text\x1b[0m",
-			expected: "\\x1b[31mRed Text\\x1b[0m",
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "escape control characters",
-			input:    "Hello\x00World\x7f!",
-			expected: "Hello\\x00World\\x7f!",
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "escape csi sequences with control characters",
-			input:    "\x1b[31mHello\x00World\x7f!\x1b[0m",
-			expected: "\\x1b[31mHello\\x00World\\x7f!\\x1b[0m",
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "just unicode",
-			input:    "こんにちは", // "Hello" in Japanese
-			expected: "こんにちは",
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "unicode with csi sequences and control characters",
-			input:    "\x1b[31mこんにちは\x00World\x7f!\x1b[0m",
-			expected: "\\x1b[31mこんにちは\\x00World\\x7f!\\x1b[0m",
-		},
-	}
-	for i, c := range cases {
-		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			result := escapeContent(nil, c.input)
-			if result != c.expected {
-				t.Errorf("case %d, expected %q, got %q", i+1, c.expected, result)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}