diff --git a/code/_onclick/hud/parallax.dm b/code/_onclick/hud/parallax.dm
index 5a499e1108c..0fdb537d37d 100755
--- a/code/_onclick/hud/parallax.dm
+++ b/code/_onclick/hud/parallax.dm
@@ -195,18 +195,13 @@
 		if (L.view_sized != C.view)
 			L.update_o(C.view)
 
-		var/change_x
-		var/change_y
-
 		if(L.absolute)
 			L.offset_x = -(posobj.x - SSparallax.planet_x_offset) * L.speed
 			L.offset_y = -(posobj.y - SSparallax.planet_y_offset) * L.speed
 		else
-			change_x = offset_x * L.speed
-			L.offset_x -= change_x
-			change_y = offset_y * L.speed
-			L.offset_y -= change_y
-
+			L.offset_x -= offset_x * L.speed
+			L.offset_y -= offset_y * L.speed
+			
 			if(L.offset_x > 240)
 				L.offset_x -= 480
 			if(L.offset_x < -240)
@@ -216,11 +211,6 @@
 			if(L.offset_y < -240)
 				L.offset_y += 480
 
-
-		if(!areaobj.parallax_movedir && C.dont_animate_parallax <= world.time && (offset_x || offset_y) && abs(offset_x) <= max(C.parallax_throttle/world.tick_lag+1,1) && abs(offset_y) <= max(C.parallax_throttle/world.tick_lag+1,1) && (round(abs(change_x)) > 1 || round(abs(change_y)) > 1))
-			L.transform = matrix(1, 0, offset_x*L.speed, 0, 1, offset_y*L.speed)
-			animate(L, transform=matrix(), time = last_delay)
-
 		L.screen_loc = "CENTER-7:[round(L.offset_x,1)],CENTER-7:[round(L.offset_y,1)]"
 
 /atom/movable/proc/update_parallax_contents()