diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/StringWrapper.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/StringWrapper.java
index 6814054a2..083947386 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/StringWrapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/StringWrapper.java
@@ -197,12 +197,10 @@ private void indentTextBlocks(
         ImmutableList<String> initialLines = text.lines().collect(toImmutableList());
         String stripped = stripIndent(initialLines.stream().skip(1).collect(joining(separator)));
         ImmutableList<String> lines = stripped.lines().collect(toImmutableList());
-        int deindent =
-            initialLines.get(1).stripTrailing().length() - lines.get(0).stripTrailing().length();
 
         int startColumn = lineMap.getColumnNumber(startPosition);
         String prefix =
-            (deindent == 0 || lines.stream().anyMatch(x -> x.length() + startColumn > columnLimit))
+            (lines.stream().anyMatch(x -> x.length() + startColumn > columnLimit))
                 ? ""
                 : " ".repeat(startColumn - 1);
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/testdata/RSLs.output b/core/src/test/resources/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/testdata/RSLs.output
index 5ca1fb8cc..583b9cc12 100644
--- a/core/src/test/resources/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/testdata/RSLs.output
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/com/google/googlejavaformat/java/testdata/RSLs.output
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ ipsum
 """;
   String k =
       """
-lorem
-ipsum
-""";
+      lorem
+      ipsum
+      """;
 
   {
     f(