3 files changed, 6 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/web/react/components/create_comment.jsx b/web/react/components/create_comment.jsx
index f6e34fda9..c2b7e222f 100644
--- a/web/react/components/create_comment.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/create_comment.jsx
@@ -104,17 +104,14 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             this.lastTime = t;
         }
     },
-    handleUserInput: function(message) {
-        var messageText = utils.truncateText(message);
-        var newPostError = utils.checkMessageLengthError(messageText, this.state.postError, 'Comment length cannot exceed ' + Constants.MAX_POST_LEN + ' characters');
-
+    handleUserInput: function(messageText) {
         var draft = PostStore.getCommentDraft(this.props.rootId);
         draft.message = messageText;
         PostStore.storeCommentDraft(this.props.rootId, draft);
 
         $('.post-right__scroll').scrollTop($('.post-right__scroll')[0].scrollHeight);
         $('.post-right__scroll').perfectScrollbar('update');
-        this.setState({messageText: messageText, postError: newPostError});
+        this.setState({messageText: messageText});
     },
     handleUploadStart: function(clientIds, channelId) {
         var draft = PostStore.getCommentDraft(this.props.rootId);
diff --git a/web/react/components/create_post.jsx b/web/react/components/create_post.jsx
index 73210c855..b9142223f 100644
--- a/web/react/components/create_post.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/create_post.jsx
@@ -130,12 +130,9 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             this.lastTime = t;
         }
     },
-    handleUserInput: function(message) {
-        var messageText = utils.truncateText(message);
-        var newPostError = utils.checkMessageLengthError(messageText, this.state.postError, 'Message length cannot exceed ' + Constants.MAX_POST_LEN + ' characters');
-
+    handleUserInput: function(messageText) {
         this.resizePostHolder();
-        this.setState({messageText: messageText, postError: newPostError});
+        this.setState({messageText: messageText});
 
         var draft = PostStore.getCurrentDraft();
         draft['message'] = messageText;
diff --git a/web/react/components/edit_post_modal.jsx b/web/react/components/edit_post_modal.jsx
index df692e1bb..1c5a1ed5e 100644
--- a/web/react/components/edit_post_modal.jsx
+++ b/web/react/components/edit_post_modal.jsx
@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         $("#edit_post").modal('hide');
         $(this.state.refocusId).focus();
     },
-    handleEditInput: function(editText) {
-        var editMessage = utils.truncateText(editText);
-        var newError = utils.checkMessageLengthError(editMessage, this.state.error, 'New message length cannot exceed ' + Constants.MAX_POST_LEN + ' characters');
-        this.setState({editText: editMessage, error: newError});
+    handleEditInput: function(editMessage) {
+        this.setState({editText: editMessage});
     },
     handleEditKeyPress: function(e) {
         if (e.which == 13 && !e.shiftKey && !e.altKey) {