diff --git a/src/deh_soc.c b/src/deh_soc.c
index a2be99fa0ed086fc680e48824ba0efd7d63c0f96..c0e646f608851b0c668bb979139885965394a27f 100644
--- a/src/deh_soc.c
+++ b/src/deh_soc.c
@@ -3549,8 +3549,6 @@ void readmaincfg(MYFILE *f)
 	char *tmp;
 	INT32 value;
 
-	bootmap = 0; // reset bootmap so we don't warp to the wrong map if another maincfg had set this before
-
 	do
 	{
 		if (myfgets(s, MAXLINELEN, f))
diff --git a/src/dehacked.c b/src/dehacked.c
index 8743a482eda7580ae96e7182c8c173a9beda7aba..505c7ed1f15ed80d0c8a4d087212e5bdf10a60a2 100644
--- a/src/dehacked.c
+++ b/src/dehacked.c
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ static void DEH_LoadDehackedFile(MYFILE *f, boolean mainfile)
 
 	deh_num_warning = 0;
 
+	bootmap = 0;
 	gamedataadded = titlechanged = introchanged = false;
 
 	// it doesn't test the version of SRB2 and version of dehacked file