diff --git a/Src/LexText/ParserCore/HCLoader.cs b/Src/LexText/ParserCore/HCLoader.cs
index 4e09cf7572..2ccbcde8fe 100644
--- a/Src/LexText/ParserCore/HCLoader.cs
+++ b/Src/LexText/ParserCore/HCLoader.cs
@@ -2345,7 +2345,7 @@ private void LoadCharacterDefinitionTable(IPhPhonemeSet phonemeSet)
 				}
 			}
 
-			m_null = m_table.AddBoundary(new[] {"^0", "*0", "&0", "Ø", "∅"});
+			m_null = m_table.AddBoundary(new[] {"^0", "*0", "&0", "∅"});
 			m_table.AddBoundary(".");
 			m_morphBdry = m_table["+"];
 
diff --git a/Src/LexText/ParserCore/ParserCoreTests/HCLoaderTests.cs b/Src/LexText/ParserCore/ParserCoreTests/HCLoaderTests.cs
index 8376b88fd3..43e0770597 100644
--- a/Src/LexText/ParserCore/ParserCoreTests/HCLoaderTests.cs
+++ b/Src/LexText/ParserCore/ParserCoreTests/HCLoaderTests.cs
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ namespace SIL.FieldWorks.WordWorks.Parser
 	[TestFixture]
 	public class HCLoaderTests : MemoryOnlyBackendProviderRestoredForEachTestTestBase
 	{
-		private const string PrefixNull = "([StrRep:{\"&0\", \"*0\", \"^0\", \"∅\", \"Ø\"}, Type:boundary][StrRep:\"+\", Type:boundary])*";
-		private const string SuffixNull = "([StrRep:\"+\", Type:boundary][StrRep:{\"&0\", \"*0\", \"^0\", \"∅\", \"Ø\"}, Type:boundary])*";
+		private const string PrefixNull = "([StrRep:{\"&0\", \"*0\", \"^0\", \"∅\"}, Type:boundary][StrRep:\"+\", Type:boundary])*";
+		private const string SuffixNull = "([StrRep:\"+\", Type:boundary][StrRep:{\"&0\", \"*0\", \"^0\", \"∅\"}, Type:boundary])*";
 		private const string AnyPlus = PrefixNull + "ANY+" + SuffixNull;
 		private const string AnyStar = PrefixNull + "ANY*" + SuffixNull;
 		private const string VowelFS = "[cons:-, Type:segment, voc:+]";