diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 28ecbf83..ce16fb79 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - **Breaking:** On Web, remove the `stdweb` backend.
 - Added `Window::focus_window`to bring the window to the front and set input focus.
 - On Wayland and X11, implement `is_maximized` method on `Window`.
+- On macOS, fix issue where `ReceivedCharacter` was not being emitted during some key repeat events.
 
 # 0.25.0 (2021-05-15)
 
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/macos/view.rs b/src/platform_impl/macos/view.rs
index 360f289a..e44fd05b 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/macos/view.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/macos/view.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ pub(super) struct ViewState {
     pub cursor_state: Arc<Mutex<CursorState>>,
     ime_spot: Option<(f64, f64)>,
     raw_characters: Option<String>,
-    is_key_down: bool,
     pub(super) modifiers: ModifiersState,
     tracking_rect: Option<NSInteger>,
 }
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ pub fn new_view(ns_window: id) -> (IdRef, Weak<Mutex<CursorState>>) {
         cursor_state,
         ime_spot: None,
         raw_characters: None,
-        is_key_down: false,
         modifiers: Default::default(),
         tracking_rect: None,
     };
@@ -516,7 +514,6 @@ extern "C" fn insert_text(this: &Object, _sel: Sel, string: id, _replacement_ran
         let slice =
             slice::from_raw_parts(characters.UTF8String() as *const c_uchar, characters.len());
         let string = str::from_utf8_unchecked(slice);
-        state.is_key_down = true;
 
         // We don't need this now, but it's here if that changes.
         //let event: id = msg_send![NSApp(), currentEvent];
@@ -675,7 +672,7 @@ extern "C" fn key_down(this: &Object, _sel: Sel, event: id) {
         let pass_along = {
             AppState::queue_event(EventWrapper::StaticEvent(window_event));
             // Emit `ReceivedCharacter` for key repeats
-            if is_repeat && state.is_key_down {
+            if is_repeat {
                 for character in characters.chars().filter(|c| !is_corporate_character(*c)) {
                     AppState::queue_event(EventWrapper::StaticEvent(Event::WindowEvent {
                         window_id,
@@ -705,8 +702,6 @@ extern "C" fn key_up(this: &Object, _sel: Sel, event: id) {
         let state_ptr: *mut c_void = *this.get_ivar("winitState");
         let state = &mut *(state_ptr as *mut ViewState);
 
-        state.is_key_down = false;
-
         let scancode = get_scancode(event) as u32;
         let virtual_keycode = retrieve_keycode(event);