diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cf92895..82ddb6b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 2026-11-07 — banner-text 0.1.1
+## 2026-11-07 — banner-text 0.1.2
 
-- `banner-text` 0.1.1: add invisible zero-width padding after wide characters
-  so the current box layouts keep the right border aligned. It is a
-  compatibility shim for the character-count width calculation; the rendered
-  text is unchanged.
+- Reverted the zero-width padding added in 0.1.1: it rendered as tofu squares
+  on terminals or fonts without a U+200B glyph. The plugin emits the text
+  unchanged again; the box border alignment remains a core layout issue.
 
 ## 2026-11-06 — SDK 0.3.1 migration
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 257ce9e..ee5fa04 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -493,9 +493,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xfetch-plugin-banner-text"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 dependencies = [
- "console",
  "serde",
  "xfetch-plugin-api",
 ]
diff --git a/index.json b/index.json
index 6a25931..42e64b2 100644
--- a/index.json
+++ b/index.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     {
       "name": "banner-text",
       "description": "Xfetch info plugin that emits text lines from a file or literal argument",
-      "version": "0.1.1",
+      "version": "0.1.2",
       "kind": "info_provider",
       "runtime": "native",
       "path": "plugins/banner-text",
diff --git a/plugins/banner-text/Cargo.toml b/plugins/banner-text/Cargo.toml
index c850c5d..14eb5bd 100644
--- a/plugins/banner-text/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/banner-text/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 [package]
 name = "xfetch-plugin-banner-text"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT"
 description = "Xfetch info plugin that emits text lines from a file or literal argument"
 
 [dependencies]
-console = "0.16.6"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 xfetch-plugin-api = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/plugins/banner-text/README.md b/plugins/banner-text/README.md
index 5d1d5ed..3f9b0b7 100644
--- a/plugins/banner-text/README.md
+++ b/plugins/banner-text/README.md
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ Each line is emitted separately. Trailing whitespace is removed and leading or
 trailing empty lines are discarded. Leading spaces on non-empty lines are
 preserved.
 
-Wide characters (CJK, emoji) are followed by invisible zero-width spaces so the
-current box layouts, which count characters instead of terminal columns, keep
-the right border aligned. The rendered text is unchanged.
-
 ## Output
 
 Given a file containing `永遠は朽ち、儚さが記憶を刻む`, the plugin returns:
diff --git a/plugins/banner-text/src/main.rs b/plugins/banner-text/src/main.rs
index b804355..613f29d 100644
--- a/plugins/banner-text/src/main.rs
+++ b/plugins/banner-text/src/main.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ fn resolve_text(args: &PluginArgs) -> String {
 fn normalize_lines(raw: &str, blank_line: bool) -> Vec<String> {
     let mut lines: Vec<String> = raw
         .lines()
-        .map(|line| compensate_wide_chars(line.trim_end()))
+        .map(|line| line.trim_end().to_string())
         .collect();
     while lines.first().is_some_and(|line| line.is_empty()) {
         lines.remove(0);
@@ -69,25 +69,6 @@ fn normalize_lines(raw: &str, blank_line: bool) -> Vec<String> {
     lines
 }
 
-/// Adds zero-width spaces after wide characters.
-///
-/// The current box layouts measure each row with `chars().count()`, so a CJK
-/// character counts as one column even though terminals render it as two. The
-/// invisible padding makes that character count match the visible width, which
-/// keeps the right border aligned. It is harmless once the core measures the
-/// display width instead.
-fn compensate_wide_chars(line: &str) -> String {
-    let mut out = String::with_capacity(line.len());
-    for ch in line.chars() {
-        out.push(ch);
-        let width = console::measure_text_width(&ch.to_string());
-        for _ in 1..width {
-            out.push('\u{200b}');
-        }
-    }
-    out
-}
-
 fn expand_path(path: &str) -> PathBuf {
     if path == "~" {
         return home_dir().unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from(path));
@@ -110,7 +91,7 @@ fn home_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::{compensate_wide_chars, normalize_lines};
+    use super::normalize_lines;
 
     #[test]
     fn trims_trailing_whitespace_and_edge_blank_lines() {
@@ -128,17 +109,4 @@ mod tests {
     fn empty_text_returns_no_lines() {
         assert!(normalize_lines(" \n\t\n", true).is_empty());
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn wide_characters_get_zero_width_padding() {
-        let line = compensate_wide_chars("秘密の距離");
-        assert_eq!(line.chars().count(), 10);
-        assert_eq!(line.matches('\u{200b}').count(), 5);
-        assert_eq!(console::measure_text_width(&line), 10);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn ascii_is_not_padded() {
-        assert_eq!(compensate_wide_chars("banner"), "banner");
-    }
 }