diff --git a/src/core/misc.c b/src/core/misc.c
index 8be4ec97..d987f856 100644
--- a/src/core/misc.c
+++ b/src/core/misc.c
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ int32_t random(void)
 	static int32_t seed = 0;
 	int32_t q;
 	if (!seed) /* Initialize linear congruential generator */
-		seed = currticks() + *(int32_t *)&arptable[ARP_CLIENT].node
-		       + ((int16_t *)arptable[ARP_CLIENT].node)[2];
+		seed = currticks();
 	/* simplified version of the LCG given in Bruce Schneier's
 	   "Applied Cryptography" */
 	q = seed/53668;