diff --git a/tests/xim_live_test.c b/tests/xim_live_test.c
index 5c100dc..f1a008d 100644
--- a/tests/xim_live_test.c
+++ b/tests/xim_live_test.c
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ pumpinput(Display *dpy, XIC ic, char *commit, size_t cap, int timeout)
 			continue;
 		n = Xutf8LookupString(ic, &ev.xkey, buf, sizeof buf - 1,
 			&sym, &status);
-		if(n < 0 || ((status == XLookupChars || status == XLookupBoth) &&
+		if(n < 0 || (status == XLookupChars &&
 		   ((size_t)n >= cap || commit == NULL)))
 			return 0;
-		if((status == XLookupChars || status == XLookupBoth) && n != 0){
+		if(status == XLookupChars && n != 0){
 			memcpy(commit, buf, n);
 			commit[n] = '\0';
 		}
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ sendkey(Display *dpy, XIC ic, Window win, KeySym sym, unsigned int state,
 	if(n < 0)
 		return fail("Xutf8LookupString failed for keysym %#lx",
 			(unsigned long)sym);
-	if((status == XLookupChars || status == XLookupBoth) && n != 0){
+	if(status == XLookupChars && n != 0){
 		if((size_t)n >= cap)
 			return fail("commit buffer overflow");
 		memcpy(commit, buf, n);