diff --git a/src/countScalar.zig b/src/countScalar.zig
index b6c6e421c1245599a03b71196fa7e01c94126615..9d773f0b025fca643c313c4f57ea0d0e2e98973f 100644
--- a/src/countScalar.zig
+++ b/src/countScalar.zig
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@ const string = []const u8;
 const extras = @import("./lib.zig");
 
 pub fn countScalar(comptime T: type, haystack: []const T, needle: T) usize {
-    var i: usize = 0;
     var found: usize = 0;
-
-    while (std.mem.indexOfScalarPos(T, haystack, i, needle)) |idx| {
-        i = idx + 1;
-        found += 1;
+    for (haystack) |item| {
+        if (item == needle) {
+            found += 1;
+        }
     }
-
     return found;
 }