diff --git a/pcbnew/router/pns_node.cpp b/pcbnew/router/pns_node.cpp
index 154376af90..41445bd0b2 100644
--- a/pcbnew/router/pns_node.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/router/pns_node.cpp
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ NODE::OPT_OBSTACLE NODE::CheckColliding( const ITEM* aItemA, int aKindMask )
         if( line->EndsWithVia() )
         {
             n += QueryColliding( &line->Via(), obs, aKindMask, 1 );
-
+            
             if( n )
                 return OPT_OBSTACLE( obs[0] );
         }
diff --git a/pcbnew/router/pns_router.cpp b/pcbnew/router/pns_router.cpp
index 2c7ce7a023..c129be06af 100644
--- a/pcbnew/router/pns_router.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/router/pns_router.cpp
@@ -273,18 +273,7 @@ bool ROUTER::isStartingPointRoutable( const VECTOR2I& aWhere, ITEM* aStartItem,
         }
     }
 
-    VECTOR2I startPoint = aStartItem ? aStartItem->Anchor( 0 ) : aWhere;
-
-    if( aStartItem && aStartItem->OfKind( ITEM::SEGMENT_T | ITEM::ARC_T ) )
-    {
-        VECTOR2I otherEnd = aStartItem->Anchor( 1 );
-
-        if( ( otherEnd - aWhere ).SquaredEuclideanNorm()
-                < ( startPoint - aWhere ).SquaredEuclideanNorm() )
-        {
-            startPoint = otherEnd;
-        }
-    }
+    VECTOR2I startPoint = aWhere;
 
     if( m_mode == PNS_MODE_ROUTE_SINGLE )
     {