diff --git a/lib/ace/editor.js b/lib/ace/editor.js
index 6bd6c225..47749f5d 100644
--- a/lib/ace/editor.js
+++ b/lib/ace/editor.js
@@ -947,18 +947,9 @@ var Editor = function(renderer, session) {
             var ispaces = partialLine.length - strippedPartialLine.length;
 
             if (difference > 0) {
-                // some Kris Kowal code to multiply strings
-                var acc = [], str = " ";
-                for (var i = 0; (1 << i) <= difference; i++) {
-                    if ((1 << i) & difference)
-                        acc.push(str);
-                    str += str;
-                }
-                acc = acc.join("");
-
                 // put the spaces after the tab and then delete the tab, so any insertion
                 // points behave as expected
-                this.session.getDocument().insertInLine({row: row, column: it + 1}, acc + "\t");
+                this.session.getDocument().insertInLine({row: row, column: it + 1}, Array(difference).join(" ") + "\t");
                 this.session.getDocument().removeInLine(row, it, it + 1);
 
                 bias += difference;
@@ -971,24 +962,6 @@ var Editor = function(renderer, session) {
         }
     };
 
-    // gets the text point of the character from the start of the document
-    this.textPoint = function(row, col) {
-        var selRange = new Range(0, 0, row, col);
-
-        var text = this.session.getTextRange(selRange);
-
-        return text.length;
-    };
-
-    // gets the range of a character, from the start of its row to the given column
-    this.lineRange = function(col) {
-        var selRange = new Range(0, 0, row, 0);
-
-        var text = this.session.getTextRange(selRange);
-
-        return { start: text.length, end: text.length + col };
-    };
-
     // the is a (naive) Python port--but works for these purposes
     this.$izip_longest = function(iterables) {
         var longest = iterables[0].length;