diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Preprocessing/OsuDifficultyHitObject.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Preprocessing/OsuDifficultyHitObject.cs
index bc97172dbf..609ad4c995 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Preprocessing/OsuDifficultyHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Preprocessing/OsuDifficultyHitObject.cs
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Preprocessing
         /// </summary>
         public double? Angle { get; private set; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Milliseconds elapsed since the start time of the previous <see cref="OsuDifficultyHitObject"/>, with a minimum of 50ms.
-        /// </summary>
-        public readonly double StrainTime;
-
         private readonly OsuHitObject lastLastObject;
         private readonly OsuHitObject lastObject;
 
@@ -47,9 +42,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Preprocessing
             this.lastObject = (OsuHitObject)lastObject;
 
             setDistances();
-
-            // Every strain interval is hard capped at the equivalent of 375 BPM streaming speed as a safety measure
-            StrainTime = DeltaTime;
         }
 
         private void setDistances()
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/Aim.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/Aim.cs
index 16a18cbcb9..63daea1ade 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/Aim.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Skills/Aim.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Skills
                         Math.Max(osuPrevious.JumpDistance - scale, 0)
                         * Math.Pow(Math.Sin(osuCurrent.Angle.Value - angle_bonus_begin), 2)
                         * Math.Max(osuCurrent.JumpDistance - scale, 0));
-                    result = 1.4 * applyDiminishingExp(Math.Max(0, angleBonus)) / Math.Max(timing_threshold, osuPrevious.StrainTime);
+                    result = 1.4 * applyDiminishingExp(Math.Max(0, angleBonus)) / Math.Max(timing_threshold, osuPrevious.DeltaTime);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Skills
             double travelDistanceExp = applyDiminishingExp(osuCurrent.TravelDistance);
 
             return Math.Max(
-                result + (jumpDistanceExp + travelDistanceExp + Math.Sqrt(travelDistanceExp * jumpDistanceExp)) / Math.Max(osuCurrent.StrainTime, timing_threshold),
-                (Math.Sqrt(travelDistanceExp * jumpDistanceExp) + jumpDistanceExp + travelDistanceExp) / osuCurrent.StrainTime
+                result + (jumpDistanceExp + travelDistanceExp + Math.Sqrt(travelDistanceExp * jumpDistanceExp)) / Math.Max(osuCurrent.DeltaTime, timing_threshold),
+                (Math.Sqrt(travelDistanceExp * jumpDistanceExp) + jumpDistanceExp + travelDistanceExp) / osuCurrent.DeltaTime
             );
         }