diff --git a/src/video/vid_mga.c b/src/video/vid_mga.c
index afd075035..3d6d28bd0 100644
--- a/src/video/vid_mga.c
+++ b/src/video/vid_mga.c
@@ -886,7 +886,6 @@ mystique_recalctimings(svga_t *svga)
         if (mystique->type >= MGA_1064SG) {
             /*Mystique, unlike most SVGA cards, allows display start to take
               effect mid-screen*/
-#ifdef CHANGE_MA
             if (svga->ma_latch != mystique->ma_latch_old) {
                 if (svga->interlace && svga->oddeven)
                     svga->ma = svga->maback = (svga->maback - (mystique->ma_latch_old << 2)) + (svga->ma_latch << 2) + (svga->rowoffset << 1);
@@ -894,17 +893,6 @@ mystique_recalctimings(svga_t *svga)
                     svga->ma = svga->maback = (svga->maback - (mystique->ma_latch_old << 2)) + (svga->ma_latch << 2);
                 mystique->ma_latch_old = svga->ma_latch;
             }
-#else
-            /* Only change maback so the new display start will take effect on the next
-               horizontal retrace. */
-            if (svga->ma_latch != mystique->ma_latch_old) {
-                if (svga->interlace && svga->oddeven)
-                    svga->maback = (svga->maback - (mystique->ma_latch_old << 2)) + (svga->ma_latch << 2) + (svga->rowoffset << 1);
-                else
-                    svga->maback = (svga->maback - (mystique->ma_latch_old << 2)) + (svga->ma_latch << 2);
-                mystique->ma_latch_old = svga->ma_latch;
-            }
-#endif
 
             svga->rowoffset <<= 1;
             switch (mystique->xmulctrl & XMULCTRL_DEPTH_MASK) {