diff --git a/decoder.go b/decoder.go
index a75168d..de32037 100644
--- a/decoder.go
+++ b/decoder.go
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ func (thiz *decoder) decodeTextSSE(t *Token) (bool, error) {
 		c := 0
 		for thiz.w > thiz.r+c {
 			sidx := openAngleBracket16(thiz.rb[j+c : thiz.w])
-			onlyWhitespaces = onlyWhitespaces && onlySpacesUntil16(thiz.rb[j+c:thiz.w], sidx)
+			onlyWhitespaces = onlyWhitespaces && onlySpaces16(thiz.rb[j+c:thiz.w]) >= sidx
 			c += int(sidx)
 			if sidx != 16 {
 				_, err := thiz.discard(c)
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ func (thiz *decoder) decodeTextAVX2(t *Token) (bool, error) {
 		c := 0
 		for thiz.w > thiz.r+c {
 			sidx := openAngleBracket32(thiz.rb[j+c : thiz.w])
-			onlyWhitespaces = onlyWhitespaces && onlySpacesUntil32(thiz.rb[j+c:thiz.w], sidx)
+			onlyWhitespaces = onlyWhitespaces && onlySpaces32(thiz.rb[j+c:thiz.w]) >= sidx
 			c += int(sidx)
 			if sidx != 32 {
 				_, err := thiz.discard(c)
diff --git a/sse_amd64.go b/sse_amd64.go
index 37fd4a5..0087091 100644
--- a/sse_amd64.go
+++ b/sse_amd64.go
@@ -6,16 +6,8 @@ func openAngleBracket16([]uint8) byte
 //go:noescape
 func onlySpaces16([]uint8) byte
 
-func onlySpacesUntil16(slice []uint8, n byte) bool {
-	return onlySpaces16(slice) >= n
-}
-
 //go:noescape
 func openAngleBracket32([]uint8) byte
 
 //go:noescape
 func onlySpaces32([]uint8) byte
-
-func onlySpacesUntil32(slice []uint8, n byte) bool {
-	return onlySpaces32(slice) >= n
-}
diff --git a/sse_amd64_test.go b/sse_amd64_test.go
index c4925f9..87de9ee 100644
--- a/sse_amd64_test.go
+++ b/sse_amd64_test.go
@@ -19,15 +19,3 @@ func TestOnlySpaces32(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, byte(3), onlySpaces32([]uint8{0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0xC2, 0xA7, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20}))
 	assert.Equal(t, byte(32), onlySpaces32([]uint8{0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20}))
 }
-
-func TestOnlySpacesUntil16(t *testing.T) {
-	assert.True(t, onlySpacesUntil16([]uint8{0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0xC2, 0xA7, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20}, 3))
-	assert.True(t, onlySpacesUntil16([]uint8{0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0xC2, 0xA7, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20}, 2))
-	assert.False(t, onlySpacesUntil16([]uint8{0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0xC2, 0xA7, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20}, 4))
-}
-
-func TestOnlySpacesUntil32(t *testing.T) {
-	assert.True(t, onlySpacesUntil32([]uint8{0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0xC2, 0xA7, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20}, 3))
-	assert.True(t, onlySpacesUntil32([]uint8{0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0xC2, 0xA7, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20}, 2))
-	assert.False(t, onlySpacesUntil32([]uint8{0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0xC2, 0xA7, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20}, 4))
-}