diff --git a/gtk/gtkimcontextsimple.c b/gtk/gtkimcontextsimple.c
index 39a659edda..52847a0602 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkimcontextsimple.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkimcontextsimple.c
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ gtk_im_context_simple_get_preedit_string (GtkIMContext   *context,
               gunichar ch;
               gboolean need_space;
 
-              if (GDK_KEY_dead_grave <= priv->compose_buffer[i] && priv->compose_buffer[i] <= GDK_KEY_dead_greek)
+              if (FALSE && GDK_KEY_dead_grave <= priv->compose_buffer[i] && priv->compose_buffer[i] <= GDK_KEY_dead_greek)
                 {
                   /* Sadly, not all the dead keysyms have spacing mark equivalents
                    * in Unicode. For those that don't, we use space + the non-spacing