diff --git a/kitty/window.py b/kitty/window.py
index 35ddd4a1c..57bb2014b 100644
--- a/kitty/window.py
+++ b/kitty/window.py
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ class Window:
             if self.screen.in_bracketed_paste_mode:
                 while True:
                     new_text = text.replace(b'\033[201~', b'').replace(b'\x9b201~', b'')
-                    if text == new_text:
+                    if len(text) == len(new_text):
                         break
                     text = new_text
             self.screen.paste(text)