diff --git a/src/Components/Inlines/Emphasis.php b/src/Components/Inlines/Emphasis.php
index 69f3ba2..4ed1c8c 100644
--- a/src/Components/Inlines/Emphasis.php
+++ b/src/Components/Inlines/Emphasis.php
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ final class Emphasis implements Inline
      */
     public static function build(Excerpt $Excerpt, State $State)
     {
-        if (\strlen($Excerpt->text()) < 3) {
-            return null;
-        }
-
         $marker = \substr($Excerpt->text(), 0, 1);
 
         if ($marker !== '*' && $marker !== '_') {
diff --git a/src/Components/Inlines/SpecialCharacter.php b/src/Components/Inlines/SpecialCharacter.php
index d9a920b..be75a64 100644
--- a/src/Components/Inlines/SpecialCharacter.php
+++ b/src/Components/Inlines/SpecialCharacter.php
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ final class SpecialCharacter implements Inline
      */
     public static function build(Excerpt $Excerpt, State $State)
     {
-        if (\substr($Excerpt->text(), 1, 1) !== ' ' && \strpos($Excerpt->text(), ';') !== false
-            && \preg_match('/^&(#?+[0-9a-zA-Z]++);/', $Excerpt->text(), $matches)
-        ) {
+        if (\preg_match('/^&(#?+[0-9a-zA-Z]++);/', $Excerpt->text(), $matches)) {
             return new self($matches[1]);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Components/Inlines/Strikethrough.php b/src/Components/Inlines/Strikethrough.php
index a66b5f8..3f8dab6 100644
--- a/src/Components/Inlines/Strikethrough.php
+++ b/src/Components/Inlines/Strikethrough.php
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ final class Strikethrough implements Inline
     {
         $text = $Excerpt->text();
 
-        if (\strlen($text) < 2) {
-            return null;
-        }
-
         if (\preg_match('/^~~(?=\S)(.+?)(?<=\S)~~/', $text, $matches)) {
             return new self($matches[1], \strlen($matches[0]));
         }