diff --git a/Source/player.cpp b/Source/player.cpp
index 117bfe6f2..68d6788f3 100644
--- a/Source/player.cpp
+++ b/Source/player.cpp
@@ -1545,8 +1545,7 @@ void StartWalk(int pnum, int xvel, int yvel, int xoff, int yoff, int xadd, int y
 	}
 
 	//Start walk animation
-	int numSkippedFrames = (currlevel == 0 && sgGameInitInfo.bRunInTown) ? (plr[pnum]._pWFrames / 2) : 0;
-	NewPlrAnim(pnum, plr[pnum]._pWAnim[EndDir], plr[pnum]._pWFrames, 0, plr[pnum]._pWWidth, AnimationDistributionFlags::None, numSkippedFrames);
+	NewPlrAnim(pnum, plr[pnum]._pWAnim[EndDir], plr[pnum]._pWFrames, 0, plr[pnum]._pWWidth);
 
 	plr[pnum]._pdir = EndDir;
 	plr[pnum]._pVar8 = 0;