diff --git a/txt/src/minikin/LineBreaker.cpp b/txt/src/minikin/LineBreaker.cpp
index 32016e0f094e1cf7e4ccf4e5d4c18507c4f56a6e..353018fa8e6ec6371d5a6493b29960f5dd45318e 100644
--- a/txt/src/minikin/LineBreaker.cpp
+++ b/txt/src/minikin/LineBreaker.cpp
@@ -129,13 +129,12 @@ float LineBreaker::addStyleRun(MinikinPaint* paint,
                                size_t end,
                                bool isRtl) {
   float width = 0.0f;
-  int bidiFlags = isRtl ? kBidi_Force_RTL : kBidi_Force_LTR;
 
   float hyphenPenalty = 0.0;
   if (paint != nullptr) {
     width = Layout::measureText(mTextBuf.data(), start, end - start,
-                                mTextBuf.size(), bidiFlags, style, *paint,
-                                typeface, mCharWidths.data() + start);
+                                mTextBuf.size(), isRtl, style, *paint, typeface,
+                                mCharWidths.data() + start);
 
     // a heuristic that seems to perform well
     hyphenPenalty =
@@ -202,12 +201,12 @@ float LineBreaker::addStyleRun(MinikinPaint* paint,
             paint->hyphenEdit = HyphenEdit::editForThisLine(hyph);
             const float firstPartWidth = Layout::measureText(
                 mTextBuf.data(), lastBreak, j - lastBreak, mTextBuf.size(),
-                bidiFlags, style, *paint, typeface, nullptr);
+                isRtl, style, *paint, typeface, nullptr);
             ParaWidth hyphPostBreak = lastBreakWidth + firstPartWidth;
 
             paint->hyphenEdit = HyphenEdit::editForNextLine(hyph);
             const float secondPartWidth = Layout::measureText(
-                mTextBuf.data(), j, afterWord - j, mTextBuf.size(), bidiFlags,
+                mTextBuf.data(), j, afterWord - j, mTextBuf.size(), isRtl,
                 style, *paint, typeface, nullptr);
             ParaWidth hyphPreBreak = postBreak - secondPartWidth;