diff --git a/playitagainsam/eventlog.py b/playitagainsam/eventlog.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/playitagainsam/eventlog.py
+++ b/playitagainsam/eventlog.py
@@ -52,15 +52,6 @@ class EventLog(object):
                 # Collapse consecutive writes into a single chunk.
                 if self.events[-1]["act"] == "WRITE":
                     self.events[-1]["data"] += event["data"]
-                    # Collapse DEL and term wiping into a no-op.
-                    if self.events[-1]["data"] == "\x08\x1b[K":
-                        if len(self.events) >= 3:
-                            e_echo, e_del = self.events[-3:-1]
-                            if e_echo["act"] == "ECHO":
-                                if e_del["act"] == "READ":
-                                    if e_del["data"] == "\x7f":
-                                        del self.events[-2:]
-                                        e_echo["data"] = e_echo["data"][:-1]
                     return
                 # Collapse read/write of same data into an "ECHO".
                 if self.events[-1]["act"] == "READ":
Remove code for collapsing backspaces, it no longer works.

This will have to be redone in a more clever way, possibly as
a separate "filter" pass during write.