diff --git a/lib/csharp/src/Protocol/TJSONProtocol.cs b/lib/csharp/src/Protocol/TJSONProtocol.cs
index 5e6589e..0ceb675 100644
--- a/lib/csharp/src/Protocol/TJSONProtocol.cs
+++ b/lib/csharp/src/Protocol/TJSONProtocol.cs
@@ -544,11 +544,6 @@
             int len = b.Length;
             int off = 0;
 
-            // Ignore padding
-            int bound = len >= 2 ? len - 2 : 0;
-            for (int i = len - 1; i >= bound && b[i] == '='; --i) {
-                --len;
-            }
             while (len >= 3)
             {
                 // Encode 3 bytes at a time
diff --git a/lib/netcore/Thrift/Protocols/TJSONProtocol.cs b/lib/netcore/Thrift/Protocols/TJSONProtocol.cs
index a4ddd5b..17aa5f7 100644
--- a/lib/netcore/Thrift/Protocols/TJSONProtocol.cs
+++ b/lib/netcore/Thrift/Protocols/TJSONProtocol.cs
@@ -384,14 +384,6 @@
             var len = b.Length;
             var off = 0;
 
-            // Ignore padding
-            var bound = len >= 2 ? len - 2 : 0;
-
-            for (var i = len - 1; i >= bound && b[i] == '='; --i)
-            {
-                --len;
-            }
-
             while (len >= 3)
             {
                 // Encode 3 bytes at a time
@@ -1167,4 +1159,4 @@
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}