diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/DualStageVariantGenerator.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/DualStageVariantGenerator.cs
index e9d26b4aa1..6a7634da01 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/DualStageVariantGenerator.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/DualStageVariantGenerator.cs
@@ -45,18 +45,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania
                 LeftKeys = stage1LeftKeys,
                 RightKeys = stage1RightKeys,
                 SpecialKey = InputKey.V,
-                SpecialAction = ManiaAction.Special1,
-                NormalActionStart = ManiaAction.Key1
-            }.GenerateKeyBindingsFor(singleStageVariant, out var nextNormal);
+            }.GenerateKeyBindingsFor(singleStageVariant);
 
             var stage2Bindings = new VariantMappingGenerator
             {
                 LeftKeys = stage2LeftKeys,
                 RightKeys = stage2RightKeys,
                 SpecialKey = InputKey.B,
-                SpecialAction = ManiaAction.Special2,
-                NormalActionStart = nextNormal
-            }.GenerateKeyBindingsFor(singleStageVariant, out _);
+                ActionStart = (ManiaAction)singleStageVariant,
+            }.GenerateKeyBindingsFor(singleStageVariant);
 
             return stage1Bindings.Concat(stage2Bindings);
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/SingleStageVariantGenerator.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/SingleStageVariantGenerator.cs
index 44ffeb5ec2..c642da6dc4 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/SingleStageVariantGenerator.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/SingleStageVariantGenerator.cs
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania
             LeftKeys = leftKeys,
             RightKeys = rightKeys,
             SpecialKey = InputKey.Space,
-            SpecialAction = ManiaAction.Special1,
-            NormalActionStart = ManiaAction.Key1,
-        }.GenerateKeyBindingsFor(variant, out _);
+        }.GenerateKeyBindingsFor(variant);
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/VariantMappingGenerator.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/VariantMappingGenerator.cs
index 2742ee087b..2195c9e1b9 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/VariantMappingGenerator.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/VariantMappingGenerator.cs
@@ -26,37 +26,30 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania
         public InputKey SpecialKey;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// The <see cref="ManiaAction"/> at which the normal columns should begin.
+        /// The <see cref="ManiaAction"/> at which the columns should begin.
         /// </summary>
-        public ManiaAction NormalActionStart;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The <see cref="ManiaAction"/> for the special column.
-        /// </summary>
-        public ManiaAction SpecialAction;
+        public ManiaAction ActionStart;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Generates a list of <see cref="KeyBinding"/>s for a specific number of columns.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="columns">The number of columns that need to be bound.</param>
-        /// <param name="nextNormalAction">The next <see cref="ManiaAction"/> to use for normal columns.</param>
         /// <returns>The keybindings.</returns>
-        public IEnumerable<KeyBinding> GenerateKeyBindingsFor(int columns, out ManiaAction nextNormalAction)
+        public IEnumerable<KeyBinding> GenerateKeyBindingsFor(int columns)
         {
-            ManiaAction currentNormalAction = NormalActionStart;
+            ManiaAction currentAction = ActionStart;
 
             var bindings = new List<KeyBinding>();
 
             for (int i = LeftKeys.Length - columns / 2; i < LeftKeys.Length; i++)
-                bindings.Add(new KeyBinding(LeftKeys[i], currentNormalAction++));
+                bindings.Add(new KeyBinding(LeftKeys[i], currentAction++));
 
             if (columns % 2 == 1)
-                bindings.Add(new KeyBinding(SpecialKey, SpecialAction));
+                bindings.Add(new KeyBinding(SpecialKey, currentAction++));
 
             for (int i = 0; i < columns / 2; i++)
-                bindings.Add(new KeyBinding(RightKeys[i], currentNormalAction++));
+                bindings.Add(new KeyBinding(RightKeys[i], currentAction++));
 
-            nextNormalAction = currentNormalAction;
             return bindings;
         }
     }