diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 7657acee..4826d1c4 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ Pasquale Pigazzini (ppigazzini)
 Patrick Jansen (mibere)
 pellanda
 Peter Zsifkovits (CoffeeOne)
+Rahul Dsilva (silversolver1)
 Ralph Stößer (Ralph Stoesser)
 Raminder Singh
 renouve
@@ -158,7 +159,3 @@ Vince Negri (cuddlestmonkey)
 # an amazing and essential framework for the development of Stockfish!
 #
 # https://github.com/glinscott/fishtest/blob/master/AUTHORS
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diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 3d130efc..f9910fb7 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -1175,13 +1175,6 @@ moves_loop: // When in check, search starts from here
                              + (*contHist[3])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)]
                              - 4926;
 
-              // Reset statScore to zero if negative and most stats shows >= 0
-              if (    ss->statScore < 0
-                  && (*contHist[0])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] >= 0
-                  && (*contHist[1])[movedPiece][to_sq(move)] >= 0
-                  && thisThread->mainHistory[us][from_to(move)] >= 0)
-                  ss->statScore = 0;
-
               // Decrease/increase reduction by comparing opponent's stat score (~10 Elo)
               if (ss->statScore >= -102 && (ss-1)->statScore < -114)
                   r--;