diff --git a/src/modules/ekf2/ekf2_main.cpp b/src/modules/ekf2/ekf2_main.cpp
index 2e2edc45f46..9eac764ed35 100644
--- a/src/modules/ekf2/ekf2_main.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/ekf2/ekf2_main.cpp
@@ -2209,7 +2209,6 @@ void Ekf2::update_gps_offsets()
 {
 
 	// Calculate filter coefficients to be applied to the offsets for each GPS position and height offset
-	// Increase the filter time constant proportional to the inverse of the weighting
 	// A weighting of 1 will make the offset adjust the slowest, a weighting of 0 will make it adjust with zero filtering
 	float alpha[GPS_MAX_RECEIVERS] = {};
 	float omega_lpf = 1.0f / fmaxf(_param_ekf2_gps_tau.get(), 1.0f);
@@ -2217,16 +2216,8 @@ void Ekf2::update_gps_offsets()
 	for (uint8_t i = 0; i < GPS_MAX_RECEIVERS; i++) {
 		if (_gps_state[i].time_usec - _time_prev_us[i] > 0) {
 			// calculate the filter coefficient that achieves the time constant specified by the user adjustable parameter
-			float min_alpha = constrain(omega_lpf * 1e-6f * (float)(_gps_state[i].time_usec - _time_prev_us[i]),
-						    0.0f, 1.0f);
-
-			// scale the filter coefficient so that time constant is inversely proprtional to weighting
-			if (_blend_weights[i] > min_alpha) {
-				alpha[i] = min_alpha / _blend_weights[i];
-
-			} else {
-				alpha[i] = 1.0f;
-			}
+			alpha[i] = constrain(omega_lpf * 1e-6f * (float)(_gps_state[i].time_usec - _time_prev_us[i]),
+					     0.0f, 1.0f);
 
 			_time_prev_us[i] = _gps_state[i].time_usec;
 		}