diff --git a/libs/ardour/track.cc b/libs/ardour/track.cc
index 8f67c13a29..89321100ac 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/track.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/track.cc
@@ -783,20 +783,8 @@ Track::set_align_choice_from_io ()
 				break;
 			}
 		}
-
-		/* Special case bouncing the Metronome.
-		 * Click-out is aligned to output and hence
-		 * equivalent to a physical round-trip alike
-		 * ExistingMaterial.
-		 */
-		if (!have_physical && _session.click_io ()) {
-			if (_session.click_io ()->connected_to (_input)) {
-				have_physical = true;
-			}
-		}
 	}
 
-
 #ifdef MIXBUS
 	// compensate for latency when bouncing from master or mixbus.
 	// we need to use "ExistingMaterial" to pick up the master bus' latency