diff --git a/port/linux/README.md b/port/linux/README.md
index 3a19dadb..d34b683d 100644
--- a/port/linux/README.md
+++ b/port/linux/README.md
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ the setting for one start of the game. It has priority over the file.
 | `audio.volume` | `1.0` | `HALO_VOLUME` | The master volume. |
 | `input.mouse_sensitivity` | `1.0` | `HALO_MOUSE_SENSITIVITY` | The multiplier for the mouse aim. |
 | `input.invert_mouse` | `false` | `HALO_MOUSE_INVERT=1` sets `true` | `true`: the vertical mouse aim is inverted. |
-| `input.mouse_aim_assist` | `false` | `HALO_MOUSE_AIM_ASSIST` | `true`: the aim assist of the controller (magnetism and autoaim) also operates for the mouse. `false`: when the mouse moved after the right stick, there is no magnetism, and no autoaim except in lockstep games. |
+| `input.mouse_aim_assist` | `false` | `HALO_MOUSE_AIM_ASSIST` | `true`: the magnetism of the controller also operates for the mouse. `false`: when the mouse moved after the right stick, the view is not slowed or dragged by a target. The autoaim of the bullets operates in both cases. |
 | `game.language` | `""` | `HALO_LANGUAGE` | The language of the menus: `ja`, `de`, `fr`, `es` or `it`. Empty: English. |
 | `paths.data` | `""` | `HALO_DATA_ROOT` | The data root. Refer to "Start the game". |
 | `paths.saves` | `""` | `HALO_SAVE_ROOT` | The save root. Refer to "Files and folders". |
diff --git a/port/linux/src/port_config.c b/port/linux/src/port_config.c
index a14ca16d..cf20ce7f 100644
--- a/port/linux/src/port_config.c
+++ b/port/linux/src/port_config.c
@@ -93,11 +93,10 @@ static const struct config_setting config_settings[] =
 	{ "input.invert_mouse", _config_boolean, "false", "HALO_MOUSE_INVERT", _environment_set_is_true, _platform_desktop,
 		"Moving the mouse forward looks down." },
 	{ "input.mouse_aim_assist", _config_boolean, "false", "HALO_MOUSE_AIM_ASSIST", _environment_value, _platform_desktop,
-		"Aim assist while aiming with the mouse, as with a controller: the view\n"
-		"slowed and dragged along by a target (magnetism) and bullets bent\n"
-		"toward it (autoaim). The last of the mouse and the right stick to move\n"
-		"decides. In lockstep games the bullets' autoaim stays, since every\n"
-		"machine simulates every shot alike." },
+		"Magnetism while aiming with the mouse, as with a controller: the view\n"
+		"slowed and dragged along by a target. The last of the mouse and the\n"
+		"right stick to move decides. The bullets' autoaim (bent toward the\n"
+		"target) stays either way." },
 
 	{ "game.language", _config_string, "\"\"", "HALO_LANGUAGE", _environment_value, _platform_all,
 		"The language the game asks the Xbox for: \"ja\", \"de\", \"fr\", \"es\" or \"it\";\n"
diff --git a/port/linux/src/xinput_sdl.c b/port/linux/src/xinput_sdl.c
index f256ca61..bea14f74 100644
--- a/port/linux/src/xinput_sdl.c
+++ b/port/linux/src/xinput_sdl.c
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ int halo_linux_mouse_look(short gamepad_index, float *yaw, float *pitch)
 }
 
 /* whether the player on the gamepad aims with the mouse (it moved after the
-right stick last did) and input.mouse_aim_assist is off: then the game's aim
-assist leaves them be (player_control.c, aim_assist.c) */
+right stick last did) and input.mouse_aim_assist is off: then the view's
+magnetism leaves them be (player_control.c); the bullets' autoaim stays */
 int halo_linux_mouse_aiming(short gamepad_index)
 {
 	static int aim_assist = -1;
diff --git a/source/game/aim_assist.c b/source/game/aim_assist.c
index 91a165fb..7cfd4370 100644
--- a/source/game/aim_assist.c
+++ b/source/game/aim_assist.c
@@ -601,22 +601,6 @@ long player_aim_projectile(
 				target_object_index= target.object_index;
 			}
 		}
-#ifdef HALO_LINUX
-		/* no autoaim for a local player aiming with the mouse
-		(port/linux/src/xinput_sdl.c), but for lockstep games, in which every
-		machine must fire every shot alike; the target is still homed onto */
-		{
-			extern int halo_linux_mouse_aiming(short gamepad_index);
-			extern boolean network_game_distributed(void);
-
-			if (player->local_player_index!=NONE &&
-				halo_linux_mouse_aiming(player->local_player_index) &&
-				(game_connection()==_game_connection_local || network_game_distributed()))
-			{
-				autoaim_level= 0.f;
-			}
-		}
-#endif
 
 		/* Trace from the camera at the aiming unit's distance along the camera direction. */
 		{