diff --git a/src/k_kart.c b/src/k_kart.c
index 4d10d76a5..01552eb55 100644
--- a/src/k_kart.c
+++ b/src/k_kart.c
@@ -3382,8 +3382,6 @@ void K_HandleBumperChanges(player_t *player, UINT8 prevBumpers)
 
 	if (player->bumper > 0 && prevBumpers == 0)
 	{
-		K_DoInvincibility(player, 8 * TICRATE);
-
 		if (netgame)
 		{
 			CONS_Printf(M_GetText("%s is back in the game!\n"), player_names[player-players]);
diff --git a/src/p_mobj.c b/src/p_mobj.c
index 1aab374d1..c0b24c609 100644
--- a/src/p_mobj.c
+++ b/src/p_mobj.c
@@ -10819,15 +10819,8 @@ void P_SpawnPlayer(INT32 playernum)
 		{
 			if ((leveltime < starttime) || (pcount <= 1)) // Start of the map?
 			{
-				if (leveltime > 2) // Reset those bumpers!
-				{
-					p->bumper = K_StartingBumperCount();
-					K_SpawnPlayerBattleBumpers(p);
-				}
-				else // temp, will get overwritten in K_BattleInit
-				{
-					p->bumper = 1;
-				}
+				p->bumper = K_StartingBumperCount();
+				K_SpawnPlayerBattleBumpers(p);
 			}
 		}
 		else if (p->bumper <= 0)