diff --git a/textinput/textinput.go b/textinput/textinput.go
index 363089b2..5fa67e41 100644
--- a/textinput/textinput.go
+++ b/textinput/textinput.go
@@ -745,18 +745,12 @@ func (m Model) placeholderView() string {
 		render = styles.Placeholder.Render
 	)
 
-	p := make([]rune, m.Width()+1)
-	copy(p, []rune(m.Placeholder))
+	p := []rune(m.Placeholder)
 
 	m.virtualCursor.TextStyle = styles.Placeholder
 	m.virtualCursor.SetChar(string(p[:1]))
 	v += m.virtualCursor.View()
 
-	// If the entire placeholder is already set and no padding is needed, finish
-	if m.Width() < 1 && len(p) <= 1 {
-		return styles.Prompt.Render(m.Prompt) + v
-	}
-
 	// If Width is set then size placeholder accordingly
 	if m.Width() > 0 {
 		// available width is width - len + cursor offset of 1