diff --git a/src/builtin_read.cpp b/src/builtin_read.cpp
index 67ac9afe8..3600953a2 100644
--- a/src/builtin_read.cpp
+++ b/src/builtin_read.cpp
@@ -607,14 +607,6 @@ int builtin_read(parser_t &parser, io_streams_t &streams, wchar_t **argv) {
                     wcstring substr;
                     loc = wcstring_tok(buff, (vars_left() > 1) ? opts.delimiter : wcstring(), loc);
                     if (loc.first != wcstring::npos) {
-                        if (vars_left() == 1) {  // Discard trailing delimiters, see #6406
-                            loc.first =
-                                std::find_if(buff.begin() + loc.first, buff.end(),
-                                             [&opts](wchar_t c) {
-                                                 return opts.delimiter.find(c) == wcstring::npos;
-                                             }) -
-                                buff.begin();
-                        }
                         substr = wcstring(buff, loc.first, loc.second);
                     }
                     vars.set_one(*var_ptr++, opts.place, substr);
diff --git a/tests/checks/read.fish b/tests/checks/read.fish
index 205824430..fee0bb3c6 100644
--- a/tests/checks/read.fish
+++ b/tests/checks/read.fish
@@ -12,13 +12,3 @@ set -l
 # CHECK: a 'afoo barb'
 # CHECK: b
 # CHECK: c
-
-echo "a  b b" | read a b
-string escape $a $b
-# CHECK: a
-# CHECK: 'b b'
-
-echo 'a<><>b<>b' | read -d '<>' a b
-printf %s\n $a $b
-# CHECK: a
-# CHECK: <>b<>b