diff --git a/libs/ardour/ticker.cc b/libs/ardour/ticker.cc
index c2d27ee44e..029337e9df 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ticker.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/ticker.cc
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ MidiClockTicker::tick (samplepos_t start_sample, samplepos_t end_sample, pframes
 	_transport_pos = end_sample;
 
 out:
-	_midi_port->flush_buffers (n_samples);
 	_midi_port->cycle_end (n_samples);
 }