diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/automation_region_view.cc b/gtk2_ardour/automation_region_view.cc
index 57bb71bef6..8bdc36956a 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/automation_region_view.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/automation_region_view.cc
@@ -253,8 +253,15 @@ AutomationRegionView::paste (timepos_t const &                               pos
 	/* add multi-paste offset if applicable */
 	p += view->editor ().get_paste_offset (pos, paste_count > 0 ? 1 : 0, len);
 
-	/* convert sample-position to model's unit and position */
-	timepos_t model_pos = timepos_t (source_relative_distance (timecnt_t (p, timepos_t()), slist->time_domain()));
+	timepos_t model_pos = pos;
+
+	/* potentially snap */
+
+	view->editor().snap_to (model_pos, Temporal::RoundNearest);
+
+	/* convert timeline position to model's (source-relative) position */
+
+	model_pos = timepos_t (_region->source_position().distance (model_pos));
 
 	XMLNode& before = my_list->get_state();
 	my_list->paste (*slist, model_pos);
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
index 03b6e914fa..3b55e6b9d4 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
@@ -4584,18 +4584,6 @@ Editor::cut_copy_points (Editing::CutCopyOp op, timepos_t const & earliest_time)
 			earliest = std::min (earliest, (*ctrl_evt)->when);
 		}
 
-		/* Snap start time backwards, so copy/paste is snap aligned. */
-
-		if (earliest != timepos_t::max (earliest.time_domain())) {
-			if (earliest.time_domain() == Temporal::BeatTime) {
-				/* always just round down to beat */
-				earliest = timepos_t (earliest.beats().round_down_to_beat());
-			} else {
-				/* do actual snap */
-				snap_to (earliest, Temporal::RoundDownMaybe);
-			}
-		}
-
 		for (Lists::iterator i = lists.begin(); i != lists.end(); ++i) {
 			/* Correct this copy list so that it is relative to the earliest
 			   start time, so relative ordering between points is preserved