diff --git a/src/gui/Speech.cpp b/src/gui/Speech.cpp
index a6a2afc303..eb1d13a30a 100644
--- a/src/gui/Speech.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/Speech.cpp
@@ -343,7 +343,6 @@ long ARX_SPEECH_AddSpeech(Entity * io, const std::string & data, long mood,
 	}
 	
 	aspeech[num].exist = 1;
-	arxtime.update();
 	aspeech[num].time_creation = arxtime.now();
 	aspeech[num].io = io; // can be NULL
 	aspeech[num].duration = ArxDurationMs(2000); // Minimum value