diff --git a/src/fields/large_fields.rs b/src/fields/large_fields.rs
index d1a662b..f940221 100644
--- a/src/fields/large_fields.rs
+++ b/src/fields/large_fields.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ where
         debug_assert_eq!(x.len(), 8);
         let (x0, x) = x.split_at(1);
         x.iter()
-            .take(7)
             .zip(Self::ALPHA)
             .fold(x0[0], |sum, (xi, alphai)| sum + (alphai * xi))
     }
diff --git a/src/fields/x86_simd_large_fields.rs b/src/fields/x86_simd_large_fields.rs
index 6dda2b5..a6d8869 100644
--- a/src/fields/x86_simd_large_fields.rs
+++ b/src/fields/x86_simd_large_fields.rs
@@ -497,7 +497,6 @@ impl ByteCombine for GF128 {
         debug_assert_eq!(x.len(), 8);
         let (x0, x) = x.split_at(1);
         x.iter()
-            .take(7)
             .zip(Self::ALPHA)
             .fold(x0[0], |sum, (xi, alphai)| sum + (alphai * xi))
     }
@@ -986,7 +985,6 @@ impl ByteCombine for GF256 {
         debug_assert_eq!(x.len(), 8);
         let (x0, x) = x.split_at(1);
         x.iter()
-            .take(7)
             .zip(Self::ALPHA)
             .fold(x0[0], |sum, (xi, alphai)| sum + (alphai * xi))
     }