diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/FramedBeatmapClock.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/FramedBeatmapClock.cs
index 3166f688ea..c86f25640f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/FramedBeatmapClock.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/FramedBeatmapClock.cs
@@ -70,14 +70,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             set => decoupledClock.IsCoupled = value;
         }
 
-        public FramedBeatmapClock(IClock? sourceClock = null, bool applyOffsets = false)
+        public FramedBeatmapClock(bool applyOffsets = false)
         {
             this.applyOffsets = applyOffsets;
 
             // A decoupled clock is used to ensure precise time values even when the host audio subsystem is not reporting
             // high precision times (on windows there's generally only 5-10ms reporting intervals, as an example).
             decoupledClock = new DecoupleableInterpolatingFramedClock { IsCoupled = true };
-            decoupledClock.ChangeSource(sourceClock);
 
             if (applyOffsets)
             {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/GameplayClockContainer.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/GameplayClockContainer.cs
index 897d2cbdcd..21fffb2992 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/GameplayClockContainer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/GameplayClockContainer.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
         /// By default, a value of zero will be used.
         /// Importantly, the value will be inferred from the current beatmap in <see cref="MasterGameplayClockContainer"/> by default.
         /// </remarks>
-        public double StartTime { get; private set; }
+        public double StartTime { get; protected set; }
 
         public virtual IEnumerable<double> NonGameplayAdjustments => Enumerable.Empty<double>();
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
 
             InternalChildren = new Drawable[]
             {
-                GameplayClock = new FramedBeatmapClock(sourceClock, applyOffsets) { IsCoupled = false },
+                GameplayClock = new FramedBeatmapClock(applyOffsets) { IsCoupled = false },
                 Content
             };
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/MasterGameplayClockContainer.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/MasterGameplayClockContainer.cs
index 168a5658f5..238817ad05 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/MasterGameplayClockContainer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/MasterGameplayClockContainer.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
             this.beatmap = beatmap;
             this.skipTargetTime = skipTargetTime;
 
-            Reset(findEarliestStartTime());
+            StartTime = findEarliestStartTime();
         }
 
         private double findEarliestStartTime()