diff --git a/source/blood/src/view.cpp b/source/blood/src/view.cpp
index 4c76b35b6..f70e717f2 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/view.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/view.cpp
@@ -3088,7 +3088,7 @@ void viewDrawScreen(bool sceneonly)
     lastUpdate = totalclock;
     if (!paused && (!M_Active() || gGameOptions.nGameType != 0))
     {
-        gInterpolate = ((totalclock-gNetFifoClock)+4).toScale16()/4;
+        gInterpolate = ((totalclock - gNetFifoClock) + 4) << 14;// .toScale16() / 4;
     }
     if (gInterpolate < 0 || gInterpolate > 65536)
     {
diff --git a/source/build/include/clockticks.hpp b/source/build/include/clockticks.hpp
index d4a6948dd..d74075c5c 100644
--- a/source/build/include/clockticks.hpp
+++ b/source/build/include/clockticks.hpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 //      (so we might as well check it).
 EDUKE32_STATIC_ASSERT(-1 >> 1 == -1);
 
+#if 0
 class ClockTicks
 {
 public:
@@ -159,5 +160,8 @@ private:
         ticksS32 &= VALUE_MASK;
     }
 };
+#else
+using ClockTicks = int;
+#endif
 
 #endif /* CLOCKTICKS_HPP_ */
diff --git a/source/build/src/timer.cpp b/source/build/src/timer.cpp
index 8fc00ade3..5cba8cd21 100644
--- a/source/build/src/timer.cpp
+++ b/source/build/src/timer.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ ATTRIBUTE((flatten)) void timerUpdateClock(void)
     uint64_t numerator = (elapsedTime.count() * (uint64_t) timerticspersec * steady_clock::period::num);
     uint64_t freq = timerGetFreqU64();
     int n = tabledivide64(numerator, freq);
-    totalclock.setFraction(tabledivide64((numerator - n*timerGetFreqU64()) * 65536, freq));
 
     if (n <= 0) return;
 
diff --git a/source/core/gamecontrol.cpp b/source/core/gamecontrol.cpp
index 118bd98b0..cee6208c3 100644
--- a/source/core/gamecontrol.cpp
+++ b/source/core/gamecontrol.cpp
@@ -1031,13 +1031,12 @@ int CalcSmoothRatio(const ClockTicks &totalclk, const ClockTicks &ototalclk, int
 	const double TICRATE = 120.;
 
 	double rfreq = refreshfreq * TICRATE / timerGetClockRate();
-	double elapsedTime = (totalclk - ototalclk).toScale16F();
+	double elapsedTime = (totalclk - ototalclk);
 	double elapsedFrames = elapsedTime * rfreq * (1. / TICRATE);
 	double ratio = (elapsedFrames * realgameticspersec) / rfreq;
 	return clamp(xs_RoundToInt(ratio * 65536), 0, 65536);
 }
 
-
 FString G_GetDemoPath()
 {
 	FString path = M_GetDemoPath();