diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 97ad9912..7cb53fbf 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ void Thread::search() {
       if (idx > 0)
       {
           int i = (idx - 1) % 20;
-          if (((rootDepth / ONE_PLY + rootPos.game_ply() + SkipPhase[i]) / SkipSize[i]) % 2)
+          if (((rootDepth / ONE_PLY + SkipPhase[i]) / SkipSize[i]) % 2)
               continue;  // Retry with an incremented rootDepth
       }