diff --git a/src/browser.c b/src/browser.c
index 2d71e6ff5ce5728ef0a999d166a30b2e127e1cac..5791f60b6ed06249abbb7f00e8dbc9023998d7ed 100644
--- a/src/browser.c
+++ b/src/browser.c
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ char *do_browser(char *path)
 
 	    /* Convert newlines to nulls in the directory name. */
 	    sunder(answer);
-	    align(&answer);
 
 	    path = free_and_assign(path, real_dir_from_tilde(answer));
 
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index 3fca991ffd592f18f6f1e06380fc6b9de2338f21..7cc15289efd8812ba67fc98bd95cbf962009a94e 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -1175,7 +1175,6 @@ void do_insertfile(void)
 
 	    /* Convert newlines to nulls in the given filename. */
 	    sunder(answer);
-	    align(&answer);
 
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
 	    if (execute) {
@@ -2403,7 +2402,6 @@ int do_writeout(bool exiting)
 
 	    /* Convert newlines to nulls, just before we save the file. */
 	    sunder(answer);
-	    align(&answer);
 
 	    /* Here's where we allow the selected text to be written to
 	     * a separate file.  If we're using restricted mode, this
diff --git a/src/prompt.c b/src/prompt.c
index 1e3466741a07e8e4a7883b7636f55a77acb0aba7..928c170beb13235ee106a9227fbef4de85ef1970 100644
--- a/src/prompt.c
+++ b/src/prompt.c
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ void do_statusbar_delete(void)
 
 	charmove(answer + statusbar_x, answer + statusbar_x + char_len,
 			strlen(answer) - statusbar_x - char_len + 1);
-	align(&answer);
 
 	update_the_statusbar();
     }