diff --git a/src/input_common.rs b/src/input_common.rs
index 4162b8312..5d9b954df 100644
--- a/src/input_common.rs
+++ b/src/input_common.rs
@@ -1019,15 +1019,15 @@ fn parse_codepoint(
             return ControlFlow::Continue(true);
         }
         let mut codepoint = u32::from(res);
-        let sz = unsafe {
+        match unsafe {
             mbrtowc(
                 std::ptr::addr_of_mut!(codepoint),
                 std::ptr::addr_of!(read_byte).cast(),
                 1,
                 state,
             )
-        } as isize;
-        match sz {
+        } as isize
+        {
             -1 => {
                 FLOG!(reader, "Illegal input");
                 *consumed += 1;
@@ -1038,12 +1038,6 @@ fn parse_codepoint(
                 // Sequence not yet complete.
                 return ControlFlow::Continue(false);
             }
-            0 => {
-                // Actual nul char.
-                *consumed += 1;
-                out_seq.push('\0');
-                return ControlFlow::Continue(true);
-            }
             _ => (),
         }
         if let Some(res) = char::from_u32(codepoint) {