diff --git a/src/messages.rs b/src/messages.rs
index d5b7f3ad..097ffca2 100644
--- a/src/messages.rs
+++ b/src/messages.rs
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ impl<R: BufRead> Iterator for MessageIter<R> {
                         line.truncate(line.len() - 1);
                     }
                     let mut deserializer = serde_json::Deserializer::from_str(&line);
-                    deserializer.disable_recursion_limit();
                     Some(Message::deserialize(&mut deserializer).unwrap_or(Message::TextLine(line)))
                 }
             })