diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 9d33a85..2cf775c 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ bool find_indexes(const uint8_t * buf, size_t len, ParsedCSV & pcsv) {
 #endif
         simd_input in = fill_input(buf+internal_idx);
         uint64_t quote_mask = find_quote_mask(in, prev_iter_inside_quote);
-        uint64_t sep = cmp_mask_against_input(in, ',');
 #ifdef CRLF
         uint64_t cr = cmp_mask_against_input(in, 0x0d);
         uint64_t cr_adjusted = (cr << 1) | prev_iter_cr_end;
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ bool find_indexes(const uint8_t * buf, size_t len, ParsedCSV & pcsv) {
 #else
         uint64_t end = cmp_mask_against_input(in, 0x0a);
 #endif
-        fields[b] = (end | sep) & ~quote_mask;
+        fields[b] = (end) & ~quote_mask;
       }
       for(size_t b = 0; b < SIMDCSV_BUFFERSIZE; b++){
         size_t internal_idx = 64 * b + idx;
@@ -211,7 +210,6 @@ bool find_indexes(const uint8_t * buf, size_t len, ParsedCSV & pcsv) {
 #endif
       simd_input in = fill_input(buf+idx);
       uint64_t quote_mask = find_quote_mask(in, prev_iter_inside_quote);
-      uint64_t sep = cmp_mask_against_input(in, ',');
 #ifdef CRLF
       uint64_t cr = cmp_mask_against_input(in, 0x0d);
       uint64_t cr_adjusted = (cr << 1) | prev_iter_cr_end;
@@ -226,7 +224,7 @@ bool find_indexes(const uint8_t * buf, size_t len, ParsedCSV & pcsv) {
     // then outside the quotes with LF so it's OK to "and off"
     // the quoted bits here. Some other quote convention would
     // need to be thought about carefully
-      uint64_t field_sep = (end | sep) & ~quote_mask;
+      uint64_t field_sep = (end) & ~quote_mask;
       flatten_bits(base_ptr, base, idx, field_sep);
   }
 #undef SIMDCSV_BUFFERSIZE