diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/Skinning/TestSceneColumnHitObjectArea.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/Skinning/TestSceneColumnHitObjectArea.cs
index 215f8fb1d5..8034341d15 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/Skinning/TestSceneColumnHitObjectArea.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests/Skinning/TestSceneColumnHitObjectArea.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests.Skinning
                     {
                         RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
                         Width = 0.5f,
-                        Child = new ColumnHitObjectArea(0, new HitObjectContainer())
+                        Child = new ColumnHitObjectArea(new HitObjectContainer())
                         {
                             RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both
                         }
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Tests.Skinning
                     {
                         RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
                         Width = 0.5f,
-                        Child = new ColumnHitObjectArea(1, new HitObjectContainer())
+                        Child = new ColumnHitObjectArea(new HitObjectContainer())
                         {
                             RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both
                         }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Column.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Column.cs
index dc3b86ac7f..a04f5ef98e 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Column.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Column.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI
                 sampleTriggerSource = new GameplaySampleTriggerSource(HitObjectContainer),
                 // For input purposes, the background is added at the highest depth, but is then proxied back below all other elements
                 background.CreateProxy(),
-                HitObjectArea = new ColumnHitObjectArea(Index, HitObjectContainer) { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both },
+                HitObjectArea = new ColumnHitObjectArea(HitObjectContainer) { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both },
                 new SkinnableDrawable(new ManiaSkinComponent(ManiaSkinComponents.KeyArea), _ => new DefaultKeyArea())
                 {
                     RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Components/ColumnHitObjectArea.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Components/ColumnHitObjectArea.cs
index f69d2aafdc..51c138f5e1 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Components/ColumnHitObjectArea.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/UI/Components/ColumnHitObjectArea.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI.Components
 
         private readonly Drawable hitTarget;
 
-        public ColumnHitObjectArea(int columnIndex, HitObjectContainer hitObjectContainer)
+        public ColumnHitObjectArea(HitObjectContainer hitObjectContainer)
             : base(hitObjectContainer)
         {
             AddRangeInternal(new[]