diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f127cce068f..f8e6f5ee82f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - Streams:
   . Fixed bugs GH-15908 and GH-15026 (leak / assertion failure in streams.c).
     (nielsdos)
-  . Fixed bug GH-15980 (Signed integer overflow in main/streams/streams.c).
-    (cmb)
 
 - TSRM:
   . Prevent closing of unrelated handles. (cmb)
diff --git a/ext/standard/tests/streams/gh15980.phpt b/ext/standard/tests/streams/gh15980.phpt
deleted file mode 100644
index 125751648bf..00000000000
--- a/ext/standard/tests/streams/gh15980.phpt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---TEST--
-GH-15980 (Signed integer overflow in main/streams/streams.c)
---FILE--
-<?php
-$s = fopen(__FILE__, "r");
-fseek($s, 1);
-fseek($s, PHP_INT_MAX, SEEK_CUR);
-var_dump(ftell($s) > 1);
-?>
---EXPECT--
-bool(true)
diff --git a/main/streams/streams.c b/main/streams/streams.c
index 4c66d8aadc3..e22d9e51d59 100644
--- a/main/streams/streams.c
+++ b/main/streams/streams.c
@@ -1354,13 +1354,8 @@ PHPAPI int _php_stream_seek(php_stream *stream, zend_off_t offset, int whence)
 
 		switch(whence) {
 			case SEEK_CUR:
-				ZEND_ASSERT(stream->position >= 0);
-				if (UNEXPECTED(offset > ZEND_LONG_MAX - stream->position)) {
-					offset = ZEND_LONG_MAX;
-				} else {
-					offset = stream->position + offset;
-				}
- 				whence = SEEK_SET;
+				offset = stream->position + offset;
+				whence = SEEK_SET;
 				break;
 		}
 		ret = stream->ops->seek(stream, offset, whence, &stream->position);