diff --git a/jsonsl.c b/jsonsl.c
index e0b5bd7..a2c040d 100644
--- a/jsonsl.c
+++ b/jsonsl.c
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ size_t jsonsl_util_unescape_ex(const char *in,
             *oflags |= JSONSL_SPECIALf_NONASCII;
             out = jsonsl__writeutf8(uescval, out) - 1;
 
-        } else if (uescval > 0xD7FF && uescval < 0xDC00) {
+        } else if (uescval < 0xDC00) {
             *oflags |= JSONSL_SPECIALf_NONASCII;
             last_codepoint = (uint16_t)uescval;
             out--;