diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_MP3.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_MP3.cpp
index 9d124a2e62..d941b7dbc8 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_MP3.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageSoundReader_MP3.cpp
@@ -613,18 +613,7 @@ SoundReader_FileReader::OpenResult RageSoundReader_MP3::Open( CString filename_
 	 * the stream. */
 	synth_output();
 
-	/*
-	 * Hack: Old code was setting Channels = 0 before synth_output.  This caused
-	 * the first synthed frame to not be written to the output buffer, offsetting
-	 * the whole song by a buffer.  On one test song, it was 1152/44100, or 26ms.
-	 * This affects all MP3s.  We can't leave the bug in, since we need to handle
-	 * seeks properly, too.  So, let's make the offset to fix seeks available.
-	 *
-	 * This is negative: if we have 26ms of extra data, then song offsets are
-	 * fixed by subtracting 26ms.
-	 */
-
-	this->OffsetFix = - (float) mad->Synth.pcm.length / mad->Frame.header.samplerate;
+	this->OffsetFix = 0;
 
     if(mad->length == -1)
     {