diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/prev-grapheme-cluster-break/lib/main.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/prev-grapheme-cluster-break/lib/main.js
index 5395038e6e4c..7d884ad62e4e 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/prev-grapheme-cluster-break/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/prev-grapheme-cluster-break/lib/main.js
@@ -105,9 +105,6 @@ function prevGraphemeClusterBreak( str, fromIndex ) {
 	for ( i = 1; i <= idx; i++ ) {
 		// If the current character is part of a surrogate pair, move along...
 		if ( hasUTF16SurrogatePairAt( str, i-1 ) ) {
-			ans = i-2;
-			breaks.length = 0;
-			emoji.length = 0;
 			continue;
 		}
 		cp = codePointAt( str, i );
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/prev-grapheme-cluster-break/test/test.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/prev-grapheme-cluster-break/test/test.js
index e0811d476245..bbec778bb251 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/prev-grapheme-cluster-break/test/test.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/string/prev-grapheme-cluster-break/test/test.js
@@ -192,6 +192,15 @@ tape( 'the function returns the previous grapheme break position in a specified
 	t.end();
 });
 
+tape( 'the function treats emoji modifier sequences as a single extended grapheme cluster', function test( t ) {
+	var out;
+
+	out = prevGraphemeClusterBreak( '👉🏿' );
+	t.strictEqual( out, -1, 'returns expected value' );
+
+	t.end();
+});
+
 tape( 'the function returns zero when the second argument is a negative integer (equivalent to clamping the second argument to zero)', function test( t ) {
 	var out;