diff --git a/src/k_battle.c b/src/k_battle.c
index 64673953d..8b8918d3d 100644
--- a/src/k_battle.c
+++ b/src/k_battle.c
@@ -801,24 +801,6 @@ void K_BattleInit(boolean singleplayercontext)
 		battleprisons = true;
 	}
 
-	if (gametyperules & GTR_BUMPERS)
-	{
-		const INT32 startingHealth = K_BumpersToHealth(K_StartingBumperCount());
-
-		for (i = 0; i < MAXPLAYERS; i++)
-		{
-			if (!playeringame[i] || players[i].spectator)
-				continue;
-
-			if (players[i].mo)
-			{
-				players[i].mo->health = startingHealth;
-			}
-
-			K_SpawnPlayerBattleBumpers(players+i);
-		}
-	}
-
 	g_battleufo.due = starttime;
 	g_battleufo.previousId = Obj_GetFirstBattleUFOSpawnerID();
 }
diff --git a/src/p_mobj.c b/src/p_mobj.c
index 0bcda4ad5..a7e486038 100644
--- a/src/p_mobj.c
+++ b/src/p_mobj.c
@@ -12090,13 +12090,8 @@ void P_SpawnPlayer(INT32 playernum)
 
 	if ((gametyperules & GTR_BUMPERS) && !p->spectator)
 	{
-		// At leveltime == 2, K_TimerInit will get called and reset
-		// the bumpers to the initial value for the level.
-		if (leveltime > 2) // Reset those bumpers!
-		{
-			mobj->health = K_BumpersToHealth(K_StartingBumperCount());
-			K_SpawnPlayerBattleBumpers(p);
-		}
+		mobj->health = K_BumpersToHealth(K_StartingBumperCount());
+		K_SpawnPlayerBattleBumpers(p);
 	}
 
 	// Block visuals