diff --git a/mdictparser.cc b/mdictparser.cc
index 7b03b9a6..931a8fff 100644
--- a/mdictparser.cc
+++ b/mdictparser.cc
@@ -595,12 +595,10 @@ MdictParser::HeadWordIndex MdictParser::splitHeadWordBlock( QByteArray const & b
 }
 
 bool MdictParser::readRecordBlock( MdictParser::HeadWordIndex & headWordIndex,
-                                   MdictParser::RecordHandler & recordHandler,
-                                   bool cross_block_read )
+                                   MdictParser::RecordHandler & recordHandler )
 {
   // cache the index, the headWordIndex is already sorted
   size_t idx = 0;
-  bool readNextBlock = false;
 
   for ( HeadWordIndex::const_iterator i = headWordIndex.begin(); i != headWordIndex.end(); ++i )
   {
@@ -613,41 +611,21 @@ bool MdictParser::readRecordBlock( MdictParser::HeadWordIndex & headWordIndex,
     RecordIndex const & recordIndex = recordBlockInfos_[idx];
     HeadWordIndex::const_iterator iNext = i + 1;
     qint64 recordSize;
-    auto current = *i;
-
-    if( iNext == headWordIndex.end() )
-    {
-      qint64 lastWordSize = recordIndex.shadowEndPos - current.first;
-
-      readNextBlock   = cross_block_read && readNextHeadWordIndex( headWordIndex );
-      if(readNextBlock)
-      {
-        recordSize = qMin(lastWordSize, headWordIndex.begin()->first - current.first);
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        recordSize = lastWordSize;
-      }
-    }
+    if ( iNext == headWordIndex.end() )
+      recordSize = recordIndex.shadowEndPos - i->first;
     else
-      recordSize = iNext->first - current.first;
+      recordSize = iNext->first - i->first;
 
     RecordInfo recordInfo;
     recordInfo.compressedBlockPos = recordPos_ + recordIndex.startPos;
-    recordInfo.recordOffset          = current.first - recordIndex.shadowStartPos;
+    recordInfo.recordOffset = i->first - recordIndex.shadowStartPos;
     recordInfo.decompressedBlockSize = recordIndex.decompressedSize;
     recordInfo.compressedBlockSize = recordIndex.compressedSize;
     recordInfo.recordSize = recordSize;
 
-    recordHandler.handleRecord( current.second, recordInfo );
-
-    if( readNextBlock )
-        break;
+    recordHandler.handleRecord( i->second, recordInfo );
   }
 
-  if( readNextBlock )
-    readRecordBlock( headWordIndex, recordHandler, cross_block_read );
-
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/mdictparser.hh b/mdictparser.hh
index fc78af6d..bd754f56 100644
--- a/mdictparser.hh
+++ b/mdictparser.hh
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public:
 
   bool open( const char * filename );
   bool readNextHeadWordIndex( HeadWordIndex & headWordIndex );
-  bool readRecordBlock( HeadWordIndex & headWordIndex, RecordHandler & recordHandler, bool cross_block_read=false );
+  bool readRecordBlock( HeadWordIndex & headWordIndex, RecordHandler & recordHandler );
 
   // helpers
   static QString toUtf16( const char * fromCode, const char * from, size_t fromSize );
diff --git a/mdx.cc b/mdx.cc
index 539fc815..f720a3cc 100644
--- a/mdx.cc
+++ b/mdx.cc
@@ -1440,9 +1440,9 @@ vector< sptr< Dictionary::Class > > makeDictionaries( vector< string > const & f
       MdictParser::HeadWordIndex headWordIndex;
 
       // enumerating word and its definition
-      if ( parser.readNextHeadWordIndex( headWordIndex ) )
+      while ( parser.readNextHeadWordIndex( headWordIndex ) )
       {
-        parser.readRecordBlock( headWordIndex, articleHandler, true);
+        parser.readRecordBlock( headWordIndex, articleHandler );
       }
 
       // enumerating resources if there's any