diff --git a/src/p_map.cpp b/src/p_map.cpp
index c6439d966..ac06b3fb2 100644
--- a/src/p_map.cpp
+++ b/src/p_map.cpp
@@ -426,6 +426,8 @@ bool P_TeleportMove(AActor *thing, fixed_t x, fixed_t y, fixed_t z, bool telefra
 	tmf.abovemidtex = false;
 	P_GetFloorCeilingZ(tmf, 0);
 
+	spechit.Clear();	// this is needed so that no more specials get activated after crossing a teleporter.
+
 	bool StompAlwaysFrags = ((thing->flags2 & MF2_TELESTOMP) || (level.flags & LEVEL_MONSTERSTELEFRAG) || telefrag) && !(thing->flags7 & MF7_NOTELESTOMP);
 
 	// P_LineOpening requires the thing's z to be the destination z in order to work.
@@ -2420,12 +2422,7 @@ bool P_TryMove(AActor *thing, fixed_t x, fixed_t y,
 			line_t *ld = spec.line;
 			// see if the line was crossed
 
-			// One more case of trying to preserve some side effects from the original:
-			// If the reference position is the same as the actor's position before checking the spechits,
-			// we use the thing's actual position, including all the side effects of the original.
-			// If some portal transition has to be considered here, we cannot do that and use the reference position stored with the spechit.
-			bool posisoriginal = (spec.refpos.x == lastpos.x && spec.refpos.y == lastpos.y);
-			side = posisoriginal? P_PointOnLineSide(thing->X(), thing->Y(), ld) : P_PointOnLineSide(spec.refpos.x, spec.refpos.y, ld);
+			side = P_PointOnLineSide(spec.refpos.x, spec.refpos.y, ld);
 			oldside = P_PointOnLineSide(spec.oldrefpos.x, spec.oldrefpos.y, ld);
 			if (side != oldside && ld->special && !(thing->flags6 & MF6_NOTRIGGER))
 			{