diff --git a/textarea/textarea.go b/textarea/textarea.go
index 991c803..1d3aa97 100644
--- a/textarea/textarea.go
+++ b/textarea/textarea.go
@@ -1138,10 +1138,7 @@ func (m Model) View() string {
 		s.WriteString(prompt)
 		displayLine++
 
-		if m.ShowLineNumbers {
-			lineNumber := m.style.EndOfBuffer.Render(string(m.EndOfBufferCharacter))
-			s.WriteString(lineNumber)
-		}
+		s.WriteString(m.style.EndOfBuffer.Render(string(m.EndOfBufferCharacter)))
 		s.WriteRune('\n')
 	}
 
diff --git a/textarea/textarea_test.go b/textarea/textarea_test.go
index d9776e6..d37a74d 100644
--- a/textarea/textarea_test.go
+++ b/textarea/textarea_test.go
@@ -478,11 +478,11 @@ func TestView(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: heredoc.Doc(`
 				> the first line
-				>
-				>
-				>
-				>
-				>
+				> ~
+				> ~
+				> ~
+				> ~
+				> ~
 			`),
 		},
 		{
@@ -497,9 +497,9 @@ func TestView(t *testing.T) {
 				> the first line
 				> the second line
 				> the third line
-				>
-				>
-				>
+				> ~
+				> ~
+				> ~
 			`),
 		},
 		{
@@ -547,11 +547,11 @@ func TestView(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: heredoc.Doc(`
 				> the first line
-				>
-				>
-				>
-				>
-				>
+				> *
+				> *
+				> *
+				> *
+				> *
 			`),
 		},
 		{
@@ -567,9 +567,9 @@ func TestView(t *testing.T) {
 				> the first line
 				> the second line
 				> the third line
-				>
-				>
-				>
+				> *
+				> *
+				> *
 			`),
 		},
 		{