diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ItemManager.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ItemManager.cs
index b33b17224..5c15d5e6d 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ItemManager.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/ItemManager.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ using float4 = CultMath.float4;
 
 public class ItemManager
 {
-    public Random Random = new Random((uint) (DateTime.Now.Ticks%uint.MaxValue));
+    public Random Random;
 
     private Action<string> _logger;
 
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Zone.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Zone.cs
index dc8cd0538..a69fb9d41 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Zone.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Zone.cs
@@ -271,9 +271,6 @@ public class Zone
             var entity = EntitySerializer.Unpack(_itemManager, this, entityPack);
             var ship = entity as Ship;
             Admit(entity, piloted: ship is {IsPlayerShip: false});
-            // Generation placement, not admission: a ship packed at the origin is scattered across the zone.
-            if (ship is {IsPlayerShip: false} && lengthsq(ship.Position) < 1)
-                ship.Position = _itemManager.Random.NextFloat3(float3(-pack.Radius * .5f), float3(pack.Radius * .5f));
         }
 
         // TODO: Associate planets with stored entities for planetary colonies