diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc
index db2c68426c..be8416f52c 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_drag.cc
@@ -3340,14 +3340,6 @@ TempoMarkerDrag::aborted (bool moved)
 	 */
 
 	_editor->abort_tempo_map_edit ();
-
-	// _point->end_float ();
-	_marker->set_position (timepos_t (_marker->tempo ().beats ()));
-
-	if (moved) {
-		// delete the dummy (hidden) marker we used for events while moving.
-		delete _marker;
-	}
 }
 
 /********* */
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_tempodisplay.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_tempodisplay.cc
index 6c3e4ffcef..17cc38f1a0 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_tempodisplay.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_tempodisplay.cc
@@ -847,12 +847,7 @@ Editor::abort_tempo_map_edit ()
 {
 	/* this drops the lock held while we have a writable copy in our per-thread pointer */
 	TempoMap::abort_update ();
-
-	/* Now update our own per-thread copy of the tempo map pointer to be
-	   the canonical one, and reconnect markers with elements of that map
-	*/
-	TempoMap::SharedPtr tmap (TempoMap::fetch());
-	reassociate_metric_markers (tmap);
+	tempo_map_changed ();
 }
 
 void