diff --git a/zed/src/editor/buffer_view.rs b/zed/src/editor/buffer_view.rs
index d7a4be9aa37d9ffbb0e6c358e2d62fece20c408e..49f72b365fa7409a0101674737e3d3830b69ac01 100644
--- a/zed/src/editor/buffer_view.rs
+++ b/zed/src/editor/buffer_view.rs
@@ -2145,8 +2145,9 @@ impl BufferView {
         let mut row = rows.start;
         let snapshot = self.display_map.snapshot(ctx);
         let chunks = snapshot.highlighted_chunks_at(rows.start, ctx);
+
         'outer: for (chunk, capture_ix) in chunks.chain(Some(("\n", None))) {
-            for (ix, chunk_line) in chunk.split('\n').enumerate() {
+            for (ix, line_chunk) in chunk.split('\n').enumerate() {
                 if ix > 0 {
                     layouts.push(layout_cache.layout_str(&line, font_size, &styles));
                     line.clear();
@@ -2157,9 +2158,9 @@ impl BufferView {
                     }
                 }
 
-                if !chunk_line.is_empty() {
-                    line.push_str(chunk_line);
-                    styles.push((chunk_line.len(), font_id, ColorU::black()));
+                if !line_chunk.is_empty() {
+                    line.push_str(line_chunk);
+                    styles.push((line_chunk.len(), font_id, ColorU::black()));
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/zed/src/editor/display_map/mod.rs b/zed/src/editor/display_map/mod.rs
index 390ab11685f584d7400ed899127a9a2f713864db..a2582b2cd5818878e3cc5fc8bceaedab75e468be 100644
--- a/zed/src/editor/display_map/mod.rs
+++ b/zed/src/editor/display_map/mod.rs
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ impl DisplayMapSnapshot {
             tab_size: self.tab_size,
             chunk: "",
             capture_ix: None,
-            skip_leading_tab: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -359,7 +358,6 @@ pub struct HighlightedChunks<'a> {
     capture_ix: Option<usize>,
     column: usize,
     tab_size: usize,
-    skip_leading_tab: bool,
 }
 
 impl<'a> Iterator for HighlightedChunks<'a> {
@@ -370,10 +368,6 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for HighlightedChunks<'a> {
             if let Some((chunk, capture_ix)) = self.fold_chunks.next() {
                 self.chunk = chunk;
                 self.capture_ix = capture_ix;
-                if self.skip_leading_tab {
-                    self.chunk = &self.chunk[1..];
-                    self.skip_leading_tab = false;
-                }
             } else {
                 return None;
             }