diff --git a/src/ICalendar.js b/src/ICalendar.js
index a0e28606..8372d80d 100644
--- a/src/ICalendar.js
+++ b/src/ICalendar.js
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ export default class ICalendar extends CalendarBase {
    * @returns {String}
    */
   render () {
-    const description = formatText(this.description, 62)
-    const location = formatText(this.location, 64)
-    const summary = formatText(this.title, 66)
+    const description = formatText(this.description)
+    const location = formatText(this.location)
+    const summary = formatText(this.title)
     const event = [
       'CLASS:PUBLIC',
       `DESCRIPTION:${description}`,
diff --git a/src/__tests__/ICalendar.spec.js b/src/__tests__/ICalendar.spec.js
index 8c5812d4..5f00764c 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/ICalendar.spec.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/ICalendar.spec.js
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ describe('ICalendar', () => {
         'VERSION:2.0',
         'BEGIN:VEVENT',
         'CLASS:PUBLIC',
-        `DESCRIPTION:${baseOpts.description} formatted 62`,
+        `DESCRIPTION:${baseOpts.description}`,
         `DTSTART:${moment(baseOpts.start).format(dtFormat)}`,
         `DTEND:${moment(baseOpts.end).format(dtFormat)}`,
-        `LOCATION:${baseOpts.location} formatted 64`,
-        `SUMMARY:${baseOpts.title} formatted 66`,
+        `LOCATION:${baseOpts.location}`,
+        `SUMMARY:${baseOpts.title}`,
         'TRANSP:TRANSPARENT',
         'END:VEVENT',
         'END:VCALENDAR',
diff --git a/src/utils/__tests__/ics.spec.js b/src/utils/__tests__/ics.spec.js
index 91b526ad..7bcfbd0b 100644
--- a/src/utils/__tests__/ics.spec.js
+++ b/src/utils/__tests__/ics.spec.js
@@ -52,12 +52,6 @@ describe('IcsUtil', () => {
 
       expect(formatted).toBe('foo\\nbar\\n\\nbaz')
     })
-
-    it('should truncate the string after backslash escaping newlines', () => {
-      const formatted = formatText(str, 10)
-
-      expect(formatted).toBe('foo\\nbar\\n')
-    })
   })
 
   describe('getBlob()', () => {
diff --git a/src/utils/ics.js b/src/utils/ics.js
index 835adfb4..334cd679 100644
--- a/src/utils/ics.js
+++ b/src/utils/ics.js
@@ -8,17 +8,14 @@ import safariFileSave from './safariFileSave'
  * longer than maxLength chars (or 75 chars if none specified).
  *
  * @param {String} str - string to sanitize
- * @param {Number} maxLength
  * @returns {String}
  */
-export const formatText = (str, maxLength) => {
+export const formatText = (str) => {
   if (!str) {
     return ''
   }
-  str = str.replace(/\n/g, '\\n')
-  str = str.substring(0, maxLength)
-
-  return str
+  
+  return str.replace(/\n/g, '\\n')
 }
 
 /**