diff --git a/coq/clients/cache/worker.py b/coq/clients/cache/worker.py
index 80df6ba1..be02140b 100644
--- a/coq/clients/cache/worker.py
+++ b/coq/clients/cache/worker.py
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ def _overlap(row: int, edit: BaseRangeEdit) -> bool:
 
 
 def sanitize_cached(
-    inline_shift: bool, cursor: Cursors, comp: Completion, sort_by: Optional[str]
+    cursor: Cursors, comp: Completion, sort_by: Optional[str]
 ) -> Optional[Completion]:
-    if edit := sanitize(inline_shift, cursor, edit=comp.primary_edit):
+    if edit := sanitize(cursor, edit=comp.primary_edit):
         row, *_ = cursor
         cached = replace(
             comp,
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def cont() -> Iterator[Tuple[bytes, str]]:
         self._cached.update(new_comps)
 
     def apply_cache(
-        self, context: Context, always: bool, inline_shift: bool
+        self, context: Context, always: bool
     ) -> Tuple[bool, AbstractSet[str], Iterator[Completion]]:
         cache_ctx = self._cache_ctx
         row, col = context.position
@@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ def get() -> Iterator[Completion]:
                 for key, sort_by in selected:
                     if (comp := self._cached.get(key)) and (
                         cached := sanitize_cached(
-                            inline_shift, cursor=context.cursor, comp=comp, sort_by=sort_by
+                            cursor=context.cursor,
+                            comp=comp,
+                            sort_by=sort_by,
                         )
                     ):
                         if (
diff --git a/coq/clients/inline/worker.py b/coq/clients/inline/worker.py
index ee3eb3bf..fd3ce85c 100644
--- a/coq/clients/inline/worker.py
+++ b/coq/clients/inline/worker.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ async def cont() -> None:
     async def _work(self, context: Context) -> AsyncIterator[Completion]:
         async with self._work_lock, self._working:
             try:
-                _, _, cached = self._cache.apply_cache(context, always=True, inline_shift=True)
+                _, _, cached = self._cache.apply_cache(context, always=True)
                 lsp_stream = (
                     self._request(context)
                     if self._options.live_pulling
diff --git a/coq/clients/lsp/worker.py b/coq/clients/lsp/worker.py
index 2b5e302a..2004d02d 100644
--- a/coq/clients/lsp/worker.py
+++ b/coq/clients/lsp/worker.py
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ async def cont() -> None:
             await self._with_interrupt(cont())
 
     async def _work(self, context: Context) -> AsyncIterator[Completion]:
-        inline_shift = False
         limit = (
             BIGGEST_INT
             if context.manual
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ async def _work(self, context: Context) -> AsyncIterator[Completion]:
         async with self._work_lock, self._working:
             try:
                 use_cache, cached_clients, cached = self._cache.apply_cache(
-                    context, always=False, inline_shift=inline_shift
+                    context, always=False
                 )
                 if not use_cache:
                     self._local_cached.pre.clear()
@@ -182,7 +181,6 @@ async def stream() -> AsyncIterator[Tuple[_Src, LSPcomp]]:
                             for item in cached_items
                             if (
                                 cached := sanitize_cached(
-                                    inline_shift=inline_shift,
                                     cursor=context.cursor,
                                     comp=item,
                                     sort_by=None,
diff --git a/coq/server/registrants/repeat.py b/coq/server/registrants/repeat.py
index 5c3e1657..f909799e 100644
--- a/coq/server/registrants/repeat.py
+++ b/coq/server/registrants/repeat.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 
 def _edit(prev: Edit) -> Optional[Edit]:
-    sanitized = sanitize(True, cursor=(-1, -1, -1, -1), edit=prev)
+    sanitized = sanitize(cursor=(-1, -1, -1, -1), edit=prev)
     new_edit = (
         ContextualEdit(
             new_text=sanitized.new_text, old_prefix="", new_prefix=sanitized.new_text
diff --git a/coq/shared/repeat.py b/coq/shared/repeat.py
index 93a2e818..7f242a74 100644
--- a/coq/shared/repeat.py
+++ b/coq/shared/repeat.py
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 )
 
 
-def _shift(cursor: Cursors, edit: BaseRangeEdit) -> Tuple[WTF8Pos, WTF8Pos]:
+def _shift_or_reject(
+    cursor: Cursors, edit: BaseRangeEdit
+) -> Optional[Tuple[WTF8Pos, WTF8Pos]]:
     row, u8, u16, u32 = cursor
     if edit.encoding == UTF16:
         col = u16
@@ -30,6 +32,9 @@ def _shift(cursor: Cursors, edit: BaseRangeEdit) -> Tuple[WTF8Pos, WTF8Pos]:
         never(edit.encoding)
 
     (b_row, b_col), (e_row, e_col) = edit.begin, edit.end
+    if e_col < col:
+        return None
+
     edit_col = edit.cursor_pos
     diff = col - edit_col
 
@@ -53,7 +58,7 @@ def _shift(cursor: Cursors, edit: BaseRangeEdit) -> Tuple[WTF8Pos, WTF8Pos]:
     return new_begin, new_end
 
 
-def sanitize(inline_shift: bool, cursor: Cursors, edit: Edit) -> Optional[Edit]:
+def sanitize(cursor: Cursors, edit: Edit) -> Optional[Edit]:
     row, *_ = cursor
     if isinstance(edit, SnippetRangeEdit):
         if row == -1:
@@ -67,17 +72,17 @@ def sanitize(inline_shift: bool, cursor: Cursors, edit: Edit) -> Optional[Edit]:
             return SnippetEdit(grammar=edit.grammar, new_text=fallback)
         elif not requires_snip(edit.new_text):
             return Edit(new_text=edit.new_text)
-        else:
-            begin, end = _shift(cursor, edit=edit)
+        elif shift := _shift_or_reject(cursor, edit=edit):
+            begin, end = shift
             return replace(edit, begin=begin, end=end)
+        else:
+            return None
     elif isinstance(edit, RangeEdit):
-        if inline_shift:
-            begin, end = _shift(cursor, edit=edit)
-            return replace(edit, begin=begin, end=end)
-        elif fallback := edit.fallback:
+        if fallback := edit.fallback:
             return Edit(new_text=fallback)
-        elif not requires_snip(edit.new_text):
-            return Edit(new_text=edit.new_text)
+        elif shift := _shift_or_reject(cursor, edit=edit):
+            begin, end = shift
+            return replace(edit, begin=begin, end=end)
         else:
             return None
     elif isinstance(edit, SnippetEdit):