diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 60edda44..4ed37eb2 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -888,3 +888,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Added DPID to "PREMIERE MOVIE 1" in channels.conf.cable (thanks to Stephan
   Schreiber).
 - Prepared the OSD functions for multiple overlapping windows.
+- Removed the check to see whether the system time is running linearly.
diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index 886b0917..264803a5 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.cadsoft.de/people/kls/vdr
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 1.89 2001/11/03 12:23:45 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 1.90 2002/01/13 16:00:47 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -314,7 +314,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   int LastChannel = -1;
   int PreviousChannel = cDvbApi::CurrentChannel();
   time_t LastActivity = 0;
-  time_t LinearTime = time(NULL);
   int MaxLatencyTime = 0;
   bool ForceShutdown = false;
 
@@ -324,14 +323,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
      }
 
   while (!Interrupted) {
-        // Test if we are running in the Einstein continuum:
-        time_t Now = time(NULL);
-        time_t LinearDelta = Now - LinearTime;
-        if (LinearDelta) {
-           if (LinearDelta < 0 || LinearDelta > 300) // assuming nothing will block for more than 5 minutes
-              esyslog(LOG_ERR, "ERROR: time warp detected (%d seconds)", LinearDelta);
-           LinearTime = Now;
-           }
         // Handle emergency exits:
         if (cThread::EmergencyExit()) {
            esyslog(LOG_ERR, "emergency exit requested - shutting down");