*** DO NOT LAND *** Measure the size and complexity of the old multicol implementation.

Source/core/rendering/RenderText.cpp

Index: Source/core/rendering/RenderText.cpp
diff --git a/Source/core/rendering/RenderText.cpp b/Source/core/rendering/RenderText.cpp
index 4b7862ebfb7bed09b61613aad3f2cb91561896a1..087ef2c312ff09a93c8b950bec2751aa3119634a 100644
--- a/Source/core/rendering/RenderText.cpp
+++ b/Source/core/rendering/RenderText.cpp
@@ -1616,12 +1616,8 @@ LayoutRect RenderText::selectionRectForRepaint(const RenderLayerModelObject* rep
 
     if (clipToVisibleContent)
         computeRectForRepaint(repaintContainer, rect);
-    else {
-        if (cb->hasColumns())
-            cb->adjustRectForColumns(rect);
-
+    else
         rect = localToContainerQuad(FloatRect(rect), repaintContainer).enclosingBoundingBox();
-    }
 
     return rect;
 }