diff --git a/libs/ardour/audio_playlist.cc b/libs/ardour/audio_playlist.cc
index d34c67ff17..6ef4ec6454 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/audio_playlist.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/audio_playlist.cc
@@ -85,19 +85,6 @@ AudioPlaylist::AudioPlaylist (boost::shared_ptr<const AudioPlaylist> other, fram
 		framecnt_t fade_in = 64;
 		framecnt_t fade_out = 64;
 
-        /* coverage will return OverlapStart if the start/end coincides
-         with the end/start point. we do not add such a region to the new playlist,
-         so catch this special case.
-         */
-        
-        if (region->first_frame() >= end) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        
-        if (region->last_frame() <= start) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        
 		switch (region->coverage (start, end)) {
 		case Evoral::OverlapNone:
 			continue;
diff --git a/libs/ardour/playlist.cc b/libs/ardour/playlist.cc
index 204ca5cbdc..ff2f524398 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/playlist.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/playlist.cc
@@ -210,19 +210,6 @@ Playlist::Playlist (boost::shared_ptr<const Playlist> other, framepos_t start, f
 
 		region = *i;
 
-        /* coverage will return OverlapStart if the start/end coincides
-         with the end/start point. we do not add such a region to the new playlist,
-         so catch this special case.
-         */
-        
-        if (region->first_frame() >= end) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        
-        if (region->last_frame() <= start) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        
 		overlap = region->coverage (start, end);
 
 		switch (overlap) {
@@ -927,7 +914,7 @@ Playlist::flush_notifications (bool from_undo)
 
 			 current = *i;
 
-			 if (current->first_frame() >= start && current->last_frame() <= end) {
+			 if (current->first_frame() >= start && current->last_frame() < end) {
 
 				 if (cutting) {
 					 remove_region_internal (current);
@@ -936,18 +923,14 @@ Playlist::flush_notifications (bool from_undo)
 				 continue;
 			 }
 
-			 /* coverage will return OverlapStart if the start/end coincides
-			    with the end/start point. we do not partition such a region,
+			 /* coverage will return OverlapStart if the start coincides
+			    with the end point. we do not partition such a region,
 			    so catch this special case.
 			 */
 
 			 if (current->first_frame() >= end) {
 				 continue;
 			 }
-             
-             if (current->last_frame() <= start) {
-                 continue;
-             }
 
 			 if ((overlap = current->coverage (start, end)) == Evoral::OverlapNone) {
 				 continue;