diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a65d097..0961830 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ module github.com/rivo/tview
 go 1.12
 
 require (
+	github.com/gdamore/tcell v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2 v2.0.1-0.20201017141208-acf90d56d591
 	github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.0.3
-	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.10
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201017003518-b09fb700fbb7 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.3.3 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210113181707-4bcb84eeeb78 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.3.5 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index aa939dd..b329b61 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 github.com/gdamore/encoding v1.0.0 h1:+7OoQ1Bc6eTm5niUzBa0Ctsh6JbMW6Ra+YNuAtDBdko=
 github.com/gdamore/encoding v1.0.0/go.mod h1:alR0ol34c49FCSBLjhosxzcPHQbf2trDkoo5dl+VrEg=
+github.com/gdamore/tcell v1.4.0 h1:vUnHwJRvcPQa3tzi+0QI4U9JINXYJlOz9yiaiPQ2wMU=
+github.com/gdamore/tcell v1.4.0/go.mod h1:vxEiSDZdW3L+Uhjii9c3375IlDmR05bzxY404ZVSMo0=
 github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2 v2.0.0 h1:GRWG8aLfWAlekj9Q6W29bVvkHENc6hp79XOqG4AWDOs=
 github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:vSVL/GV5mCSlPC6thFP5kfOFdM9MGZcalipmpTxTgQA=
 github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2 v2.0.1-0.20201017141208-acf90d56d591 h1:0WWUDZ1oxq7NxVyGo8M3KI5jbkiwNAdZFFzAdC68up4=
@@ -9,6 +11,8 @@ github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.0.3/go.mod h1:R4dSotOR9KMtayYi1e77YzuveK+i
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.7/go.mod h1:H031xJmbD/WCDINGzjvQ9THkh0rPKHF+m2gUSrubnMI=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9 h1:Lm995f3rfxdpd6TSmuVCHVb/QhupuXlYr8sCI/QdE+0=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9/go.mod h1:H031xJmbD/WCDINGzjvQ9THkh0rPKHF+m2gUSrubnMI=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.10 h1:CoZ3S2P7pvtP45xOtBw+/mDL2z0RKI576gSkzRRpdGg=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.10/go.mod h1:RAqKPSqVFrSLVXbA8x7dzmKdmGzieGRCM46jaSJTDAk=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.1.0 h1:+2KBaVoUmb9XzDsrx/Ct0W/EYOSFf/nWTauy++DprtY=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.1.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 h1:S1pD9weZBuJdFmowNwbpi7BJ8TNftyUImj/0WQi72jY=
@@ -17,8 +21,12 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190626150813-e07cf5db2756 h1:9nuHUbU8dRnRRfj9KjWUVrJeo
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190626150813-e07cf5db2756/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201017003518-b09fb700fbb7 h1:XtNJkfEjb4zR3q20BBBcYUykVOEMgZeIUOpBPfNYgxg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201017003518-b09fb700fbb7/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210113181707-4bcb84eeeb78 h1:nVuTkr9L6Bq62qpUqKo/RnZCFfzDBL0bYo6w9OJUqZY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210113181707-4bcb84eeeb78/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0 h1:g61tztE5qeGQ89tm6NTjjM9VPIm088od1l6aSorWRWg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3 h1:cokOdA+Jmi5PJGXLlLllQSgYigAEfHXJAERHVMaCc2k=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.5 h1:i6eZZ+zk0SOf0xgBpEpPD18qWcJda6q1sxt3S0kzyUQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.5/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 2e19160..b9bb8eb 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ var (
 
 // Package initialization.
 func init() {
-	// We'll use zero width joiners.
-	runewidth.ZeroWidthJoiner = true
-
 	// Initialize the predefined input field handlers.
 	InputFieldInteger = func(text string, ch rune) bool {
 		if text == "-" {