diff --git a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/ClipboardHistoryEntry.kt b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/ClipboardHistoryEntry.kt
index bb6cf5bf..1990ee92 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/ClipboardHistoryEntry.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/ClipboardHistoryEntry.kt
@@ -2,18 +2,12 @@
 
 package helium314.keyboard.latin
 
-import kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
-import kotlinx.serialization.descriptors.PrimitiveKind
-import kotlinx.serialization.descriptors.PrimitiveSerialDescriptor
-import kotlinx.serialization.encoding.Decoder
-import kotlinx.serialization.encoding.Encoder
 
 @Serializable
 data class ClipboardHistoryEntry (
         var timeStamp: Long,
-        @Serializable(with = CharSequenceStringSerializer::class)
-        val content: CharSequence,
+        val content: String,
         var isPinned: Boolean = false
 ) : Comparable<ClipboardHistoryEntry> {
     override fun compareTo(other: ClipboardHistoryEntry): Int {
@@ -21,13 +15,3 @@ data class ClipboardHistoryEntry (
         return if (result != 0) result else other.timeStamp.compareTo(timeStamp)
     }
 }
-
-class CharSequenceStringSerializer : KSerializer<CharSequence> {
-    override val descriptor = PrimitiveSerialDescriptor("CharSequence", PrimitiveKind.STRING)
-
-    override fun serialize(encoder: Encoder, value: CharSequence) {
-        encoder.encodeString(value.toString())
-    }
-
-    override fun deserialize(decoder: Decoder) = decoder.decodeString()
-}
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diff --git a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/ClipboardHistoryManager.kt b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/ClipboardHistoryManager.kt
index b5d62188..8d41cfb7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/ClipboardHistoryManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/ClipboardHistoryManager.kt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class ClipboardHistoryManager(
             val content = clipItem.coerceToText(latinIME)
             if (TextUtils.isEmpty(content)) return
 
-            val duplicateEntryIndex = historyEntries.indexOfFirst { it.content.toString() == content.toString() }
+            val duplicateEntryIndex = historyEntries.indexOfFirst { it.content == content.toString() }
             if (duplicateEntryIndex != -1) {
                 val existingEntry = historyEntries[duplicateEntryIndex]
                 if (existingEntry.timeStamp == timeStamp) return // nothing to change (may occur frequently starting with API 30)
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ class ClipboardHistoryManager(
                 onHistoryChangeListener?.onClipboardHistoryEntryMoved(duplicateEntryIndex, newIndex)
                 return
             }
-            if (historyEntries.any { it.content.toString() == content.toString() }) return
+            if (historyEntries.any { it.content == content.toString() }) return
 
-            val entry = ClipboardHistoryEntry(timeStamp, content)
+            val entry = ClipboardHistoryEntry(timeStamp, content.toString())
             historyEntries.add(entry)
             sortHistoryEntries()
             val at = historyEntries.indexOf(entry)