diff --git a/VENTokenField/VENTokenField.m b/VENTokenField/VENTokenField.m
index afcc026..f962a68 100644
--- a/VENTokenField/VENTokenField.m
+++ b/VENTokenField/VENTokenField.m
@@ -282,15 +282,15 @@ - (void)layoutToLabelInView:(UIView *)view origin:(CGPoint)origin currentX:(CGFl
 {
     [self.toLabel removeFromSuperview];
     self.toLabel = [self toLabel];
-    
+
     CGRect newFrame = self.toLabel.frame;
     newFrame.origin = origin;
-    
+
     [self.toLabel sizeToFit];
     newFrame.size.width = CGRectGetWidth(self.toLabel.frame);
-    
+
     self.toLabel.frame = newFrame;
-    
+
     [view addSubview:self.toLabel];
     *currentX += self.toLabel.hidden ? CGRectGetMinX(self.toLabel.frame) : CGRectGetMaxX(self.toLabel.frame) + VENTokenFieldDefaultToLabelPadding;
 }
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ - (void)layoutTokensWithCurrentX:(CGFloat *)currentX currentY:(CGFloat *)current
 
         [token setTitleText:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@,", title]];
         token.colorScheme = [self colorSchemeForTokenAtIndex:i];
-        
+
         [self.tokens addObject:token];
 
         if (*currentX + token.width <= self.scrollView.contentSize.width) { // token fits in current line
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ - (void)layoutInvisibleTextField
     self.invisibleTextField = [[VENBackspaceTextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
     [self.invisibleTextField setAutocorrectionType:self.autocorrectionType];
     [self.invisibleTextField setAutocapitalizationType:self.autocapitalizationType];
-    self.invisibleTextField.backspaceDelegate = self;
+    self.invisibleTextField.delegate = self;
     [self addSubview:self.invisibleTextField];
 }
 
@@ -409,7 +409,6 @@ - (VENBackspaceTextField *)inputTextField
         _inputTextField.autocapitalizationType = self.autocapitalizationType;
         _inputTextField.tintColor = self.colorScheme;
         _inputTextField.delegate = self;
-        _inputTextField.backspaceDelegate = self;
         _inputTextField.placeholder = self.placeholderText;
         _inputTextField.accessibilityLabel = self.inputTextFieldAccessibilityLabel ?: NSLocalizedString(@"To", nil);
         _inputTextField.inputAccessoryView = self.inputTextFieldAccessoryView;
@@ -473,7 +472,7 @@ - (void)unhighlightAllTokens
     for (VENToken *token in self.tokens) {
         token.highlighted = NO;
     }
-    
+
     [self setCursorVisibility];
 }
 
@@ -482,7 +481,7 @@ - (void)setCursorVisibility
     NSArray *highlightedTokens = [self.tokens filteredArrayUsingPredicate:[NSPredicate predicateWithBlock:^BOOL(VENToken *evaluatedObject, NSDictionary *bindings) {
         return evaluatedObject.highlighted;
     }]];
-    
+
     BOOL visible = [highlightedTokens count] == 0;
     if (visible) {
         [self inputTextFieldBecomeFirstResponder];
@@ -510,7 +509,7 @@ - (UIColor *)colorSchemeForTokenAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index {
     if ([self.dataSource respondsToSelector:@selector(tokenField:colorSchemeForTokenAtIndex:)]) {
         return [self.dataSource tokenField:self colorSchemeForTokenAtIndex:index];
     }
-    
+
     return self.colorScheme;
 }
 
@@ -521,7 +520,7 @@ - (NSString *)titleForTokenAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index
     if ([self.dataSource respondsToSelector:@selector(tokenField:titleForTokenAtIndex:)]) {
         return [self.dataSource tokenField:self titleForTokenAtIndex:index];
     }
-    
+
     return [NSString string];
 }
 
@@ -530,7 +529,7 @@ - (NSUInteger)numberOfTokens
     if ([self.dataSource respondsToSelector:@selector(numberOfTokensInTokenField:)]) {
         return [self.dataSource numberOfTokensInTokenField:self];
     }
-    
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -539,7 +538,7 @@ - (NSString *)collapsedText
     if ([self.dataSource respondsToSelector:@selector(tokenFieldCollapsedText:)]) {
         return [self.dataSource tokenFieldCollapsedText:self];
     }
-    
+
     return @"";
 }
 
@@ -553,7 +552,7 @@ - (BOOL)textFieldShouldReturn:(UITextField *)textField
             [self.delegate tokenField:self didEnterText:textField.text];
         }
     }
-    
+
     return NO;
 }
 
@@ -566,6 +565,12 @@ - (void)textFieldDidBeginEditing:(UITextField *)textField
 
 - (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string
 {
+    if ([textField isKindOfClass:[VENBackspaceTextField class]] &&
+        [self isBackspacePressInTextField:textField range:range replacementString:string]) {
+        [self textFieldDidEnterBackspace:(VENBackspaceTextField *)textField];
+        return NO;
+    }
+
     [self unhighlightAllTokens];
     NSString *newString = [textField.text stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:range withString:string];
     for (NSString *delimiter in self.delimiters) {
@@ -583,6 +588,13 @@ - (BOOL)textField:(UITextField *)textField shouldChangeCharactersInRange:(NSRang
     return YES;
 }
 
+- (BOOL)isBackspacePressInTextField:(UITextField *)textField range:(NSRange)range replacementString:(NSString *)string {
+    return textField.text.length == 0 &&
+    range.location == 0 &&
+    range.length == 0 &&
+    string.length == 0;
+}
+
 
 #pragma mark - VENBackspaceTextFieldDelegate