diff --git a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPlugin.mm b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPlugin.mm
index b3270370cb7b4bf8403d1de29ca28df8f9716821..300611121372a4d9e5d641ea14d2ff96a71b0548 100644
--- a/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPlugin.mm
+++ b/shell/platform/darwin/ios/framework/Source/FlutterTextInputPlugin.mm
@@ -112,18 +112,16 @@ static UIKeyboardType ToUIKeyboardType(NSString* inputType) {
 - (void)deleteBackward {
   int start = std::max(0, std::min(_selectionBase, _selectionExtent));
   int end = std::max(0, std::max(_selectionBase, _selectionExtent));
-  int len = end - start;
-  if (len > 0) {
-    NSRange selRange = [self.text
-        rangeOfComposedCharacterSequencesForRange:NSMakeRange(start, len)];
-    [self.text deleteCharactersInRange:selRange];
-  } else if (start > 0) {
-    start -= 1;
-    NSRange charRange = [self.text rangeOfComposedCharacterSequenceAtIndex:start];
-    [self.text deleteCharactersInRange:charRange];
+  NSRange deleteRange = NSMakeRange(start, end - start);
+  if (deleteRange.length > 0) {
+    deleteRange = [self.text rangeOfComposedCharacterSequencesForRange:deleteRange];
+    [self.text deleteCharactersInRange:deleteRange];
+  } else if (deleteRange.location > 0) {
+    deleteRange = [self.text rangeOfComposedCharacterSequenceAtIndex:deleteRange.location - 1];
+    [self.text deleteCharactersInRange:deleteRange];
   }
-  _selectionBase = start;
-  _selectionExtent = start;
+  _selectionBase = deleteRange.location;
+  _selectionExtent = deleteRange.location;
   _selectionAffinity = _kTextAffinityDownstream;
   [self updateEditingState];
 }