diff --git a/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp b/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
index 2871d10..d63cc01 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ namespace alpr
       getTimeMonotonic(&startTime);
 
       filterEdgeBoxes(pipeline_data->thresholds, candidateBoxes, medianCharWidth, avgCharHeight);
-      candidateBoxes = filterMostlyEmptyBoxes(pipeline_data->thresholds, candidateBoxes);
       candidateBoxes = combineCloseBoxes(candidateBoxes, medianCharWidth);
 
       candidateBoxes = filterMostlyEmptyBoxes(pipeline_data->thresholds, candidateBoxes);