diff --git a/decode_float.go b/decode_float.go
index 3e1d1cb..47a0cdf 100644
--- a/decode_float.go
+++ b/decode_float.go
@@ -114,9 +114,6 @@ func (d *floatDecoder) decodeStream(s *stream, p unsafe.Pointer) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if !validEndNumberChar[s.char()] {
-		return errUnexpectedEndOfJSON("float", s.totalOffset())
-	}
 	str := *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&bytes))
 	f64, err := strconv.ParseFloat(str, 64)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/stream_test.go b/stream_test.go
index 4be9acb..8fee6cd 100644
--- a/stream_test.go
+++ b/stream_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"reflect"
 
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -186,7 +187,6 @@ func nlines(s string, n int) string {
 	return s
 }
 
-/*
 func TestDecoder(t *testing.T) {
 	for i := 0; i <= len(streamTest); i++ {
 		// Use stream without newlines as input,
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ func TestDecoder(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-*/
 
 func TestDecoderBuffered(t *testing.T) {
 	r := strings.NewReader(`{"Name": "Gopher"} extra `)