diff --git a/backend/reconcile/src/operation_transformation.rs b/backend/reconcile/src/operation_transformation.rs
index 30e32502..a71bc65a 100644
--- a/backend/reconcile/src/operation_transformation.rs
+++ b/backend/reconcile/src/operation_transformation.rs
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ mod test {
             "hi ",
             "hi there you ",
             "hi there my friend ",
-            "hi there you my friend ",
+            "hi there my friend you ",
         );
 
         test_merge_both_ways("a", "a b c", "a b c d", "a b c d");
diff --git a/backend/reconcile/src/operation_transformation/edited_text.rs b/backend/reconcile/src/operation_transformation/edited_text.rs
index d3ae3832..8a7013e4 100644
--- a/backend/reconcile/src/operation_transformation/edited_text.rs
+++ b/backend/reconcile/src/operation_transformation/edited_text.rs
@@ -211,7 +211,16 @@ where
                             usize::from(matches!(operation.operation, Operation::Delete { .. })),
                             // Make sure that the ordering is deterministic regardless which text
                             // is left or right.
-                            operation.operation.get_hash(),
+                            match &operation.operation {
+                                Operation::Insert { text, .. } => text
+                                    .iter()
+                                    .map(super::super::tokenizer::token::Token::original)
+                                    .collect::<String>(),
+                                Operation::Delete {
+                                    deleted_character_count,
+                                    ..
+                                } => deleted_character_count.to_string(),
+                            },
                         )
                     },
                 )
@@ -285,7 +294,7 @@ mod tests {
         let original = "hello world! ...";
         let left = "Hello world! I'm Andras.";
         let right = "Hello world! How are you?";
-        let expected = "Hello world! I'm Andras. How are you?";
+        let expected = "Hello world! How are you? I'm Andras.";
 
         let operations_1 = EditedText::from_strings(original, left);
         let operations_2 = EditedText::from_strings(original, right);
diff --git a/backend/reconcile/src/operation_transformation/operation.rs b/backend/reconcile/src/operation_transformation/operation.rs
index 73fa6140..d0d285b0 100644
--- a/backend/reconcile/src/operation_transformation/operation.rs
+++ b/backend/reconcile/src/operation_transformation/operation.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 use core::fmt::{Debug, Display};
-use std::{
-    hash::{DefaultHasher, Hash, Hasher},
-    ops::Range,
-};
+use std::ops::Range;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -39,28 +36,6 @@ where
     },
 }
 
-impl<T> Hash for Operation<T>
-where
-    T: PartialEq + Clone + std::fmt::Debug,
-{
-    fn hash<H: Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H) {
-        match self {
-            Operation::Insert { index, text } => {
-                index.hash(state);
-                text.iter().for_each(|token| token.original().hash(state));
-            }
-            Operation::Delete {
-                index,
-                deleted_character_count,
-                ..
-            } => {
-                index.hash(state);
-                deleted_character_count.hash(state);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl<T> Operation<T>
 where
     T: PartialEq + Clone + std::fmt::Debug,
@@ -315,13 +290,6 @@ where
             }
         }
     }
-
-    /// Gets the hash of the operation based on the indexes and original text.
-    pub fn get_hash(&self) -> u64 {
-        let mut hasher = DefaultHasher::new();
-        self.hash(&mut hasher);
-        hasher.finish()
-    }
 }
 
 impl<T> Display for Operation<T>
diff --git a/backend/sync_lib/tests/web.rs b/backend/sync_lib/tests/web.rs
index eca585b6..e45cbea6 100644
--- a/backend/sync_lib/tests/web.rs
+++ b/backend/sync_lib/tests/web.rs
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ fn test_base64_to_bytes_error() {
 #[wasm_bindgen_test(unsupported = test)]
 fn merge_text() {
     let left = b"hello ";
-    let right = b"world ";
+    let right = b"world";
     let result = merge(b"", left, right);
-    assert!(result == b"hello world ".to_vec() || result == b"world hello ".to_vec());
+    assert_eq!(result, b"hello world");
 }
 
 #[wasm_bindgen_test(unsupported = test)]