diff --git a/src/html/htmlpars.cpp b/src/html/htmlpars.cpp
index 7986e96101..213bd0f75b 100644
--- a/src/html/htmlpars.cpp
+++ b/src/html/htmlpars.cpp
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ void wxHtmlParser::DoneParser()
 
 
 
-#define wxHTML_MAX_BUFLEN 1024
 
 void wxHtmlParser::DoParsing(int begin_pos, int end_pos)
 {
-    char temp[wxHTML_BUFLEN], c;
+    char c;
+    char *temp = new char[end_pos - begin_pos + 1];
     int i;
     int templen;
 
@@ -86,11 +86,6 @@ void wxHtmlParser::DoParsing(int begin_pos, int end_pos)
         // continue building word:
         if (c != '<') {
             temp[templen++] = c;
-            if (templen == wxHTML_BUFLEN-1) {
-                temp[templen] = 0;
-                AddText(temp);
-                templen = 0;
-            }
             i++;
         }
 
@@ -112,6 +107,7 @@ void wxHtmlParser::DoParsing(int begin_pos, int end_pos)
         temp[templen] = 0;
         AddText(temp);
     }
+    delete[] temp;
 }