diff --git a/gpt_oss/tools/simple_browser/backend.py b/gpt_oss/tools/simple_browser/backend.py
index 03bdf566..9dbd7e78 100644
--- a/gpt_oss/tools/simple_browser/backend.py
+++ b/gpt_oss/tools/simple_browser/backend.py
@@ -64,12 +64,6 @@ def with_retries(
         return func
 
 
-def maybe_truncate(text: str, num_chars: int = 1024) -> str:
-    if len(text) > num_chars:
-        text = text[: (num_chars - 3)] + "..."
-    return text
-
-
 @chz.chz(typecheck=True)
 class Backend:
     source: str = chz.field(doc="Description of the backend source")
diff --git a/gpt_oss/tools/simple_browser/simple_browser_tool.py b/gpt_oss/tools/simple_browser/simple_browser_tool.py
index 913ee0bd..9c4e7804 100644
--- a/gpt_oss/tools/simple_browser/simple_browser_tool.py
+++ b/gpt_oss/tools/simple_browser/simple_browser_tool.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     VIEW_SOURCE_PREFIX,
     Backend,
     BackendError,
-    maybe_truncate,
 )
 from .page_contents import Extract, PageContents
 
@@ -175,6 +174,11 @@ def wrap_lines(text: str, width: int = 80) -> list[str]:
     return list(wrapped)
 
 
+def maybe_truncate(text: str, num_chars: int = 1024) -> str:
+    """Truncate ``text`` to at most ``num_chars`` characters."""
+    return text if len(text) <= num_chars else text[: num_chars - 3] + "..."
+
+
 def strip_links(text: str) -> str:
     text = re.sub(PARTIAL_INITIAL_LINK_PATTERN, "", text)
     text = re.sub(PARTIAL_FINAL_LINK_PATTERN, lambda mo: mo.group("content"), text)