diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenGameplay.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenGameplay.cpp
index 911ea29de3..59782a441d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenGameplay.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenGameplay.cpp
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@ void ScreenGameplay::Init()
 	m_pSoundMusic = NULL;
 	m_bPaused = false;
 
-	/* We do this ourself. */
-	SOUND->HandleSongTimer( false );
-
 	//need to initialize these before checking for demonstration mode
 	//otherwise destructor will try to delete possibly invalid pointers