diff --git a/spec/text-editor-component-spec.js b/spec/text-editor-component-spec.js
index de2b68bb5..bfbb8b8be 100644
--- a/spec/text-editor-component-spec.js
+++ b/spec/text-editor-component-spec.js
@@ -1368,40 +1368,6 @@ describe('TextEditorComponent', () => {
       }
     })
 
-    it('always scrolls by a minimum of 1, even when the delta is small or the scroll sensitivity is low', () => {
-      const scrollSensitivity = 10
-      const {component, editor} = buildComponent({height: 50, width: 50, scrollSensitivity})
-
-      {
-        component.didMouseWheel({wheelDeltaX: 0, wheelDeltaY: -3})
-        expect(component.getScrollTop()).toBe(1)
-        expect(component.getScrollLeft()).toBe(0)
-        expect(component.refs.content.style.transform).toBe(`translate(0px, -1px)`)
-      }
-
-      {
-        component.didMouseWheel({wheelDeltaX: -4, wheelDeltaY: 0})
-        expect(component.getScrollTop()).toBe(1)
-        expect(component.getScrollLeft()).toBe(1)
-        expect(component.refs.content.style.transform).toBe(`translate(-1px, -1px)`)
-      }
-
-      editor.update({scrollSensitivity: 100})
-      {
-        component.didMouseWheel({wheelDeltaX: 0, wheelDeltaY: 0.3})
-        expect(component.getScrollTop()).toBe(0)
-        expect(component.getScrollLeft()).toBe(1)
-        expect(component.refs.content.style.transform).toBe(`translate(-1px, 0px)`)
-      }
-
-      {
-        component.didMouseWheel({wheelDeltaX: 0.1, wheelDeltaY: 0})
-        expect(component.getScrollTop()).toBe(0)
-        expect(component.getScrollLeft()).toBe(0)
-        expect(component.refs.content.style.transform).toBe(`translate(0px, 0px)`)
-      }
-    })
-
     it('inverts deltaX and deltaY when holding shift on Windows and Linux', async () => {
       const scrollSensitivity = 50
       const {component, editor} = buildComponent({height: 50, width: 50, scrollSensitivity})
diff --git a/src/text-editor-component.js b/src/text-editor-component.js
index 5d09ff50f..8f8bd3937 100644
--- a/src/text-editor-component.js
+++ b/src/text-editor-component.js
@@ -1520,15 +1520,11 @@ class TextEditorComponent {
     let {wheelDeltaX, wheelDeltaY} = event
 
     if (Math.abs(wheelDeltaX) > Math.abs(wheelDeltaY)) {
-      wheelDeltaX = (Math.sign(wheelDeltaX) === 1)
-        ? Math.max(1, wheelDeltaX * scrollSensitivity)
-        : Math.min(-1, wheelDeltaX * scrollSensitivity)
+      wheelDeltaX = wheelDeltaX * scrollSensitivity
       wheelDeltaY = 0
     } else {
       wheelDeltaX = 0
-      wheelDeltaY = (Math.sign(wheelDeltaY) === 1)
-        ? Math.max(1, wheelDeltaY * scrollSensitivity)
-        : Math.min(-1, wheelDeltaY * scrollSensitivity)
+      wheelDeltaY = wheelDeltaY * scrollSensitivity
     }
 
     if (this.getPlatform() !== 'darwin' && event.shiftKey) {