diff --git a/bulb/bulb.ha b/bulb/bulb.ha
index ed0f4c8..fe485f8 100644
--- a/bulb/bulb.ha
+++ b/bulb/bulb.ha
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ fn seek_to_nth_last_line(file: io::handle, number: int) (void | io::error) = {
 		case let length: size => yield length;
 		case io::EOF          => break;
 		};
-		io::seek(file, current, io::whence::SET)?;
 
 		// look for line breaks in that chunk
 		let buffer = buffer[..length];