diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 331a27fc0d..2f2910cf4a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 	documentation comments, improved doxygen output. At least the most
 	important header files will now show up in doxygen.
 
+2003-03-14  David Hampton  <hampton@employees.org>
+
+	* src/gnome/window-reconcile.c (gnc_start_recn_date_changed):
+	Don't reverse the account balance here. The routine called to
+	retrieve the account balance has already taken care of reversing
+	the sign where necessary.
+
 2003-03-13  David Hampton  <hampton@employees.org>
 
 	* src/app-utils/option-util.c (gnc_option_get_range_info): Reapply
diff --git a/src/gnome/window-reconcile.c b/src/gnome/window-reconcile.c
index 9b62345dd6..d72feaefdd 100644
--- a/src/gnome/window-reconcile.c
+++ b/src/gnome/window-reconcile.c
@@ -325,10 +325,6 @@ gnc_start_recn_date_changed (GtkWidget *widget, startRecnWindowData *data)
   new_balance = gnc_ui_account_get_balance_as_of_date (data->account, new_date,
 						       data->include_children);
 
-  /* use the correct sign */
-  if (gnc_reverse_balance (data->account))
-    new_balance = gnc_numeric_neg (new_balance);
-
   /* update the amount edit with the amount */
   gnc_amount_edit_set_amount (GNC_AMOUNT_EDIT (data->end_value),
                               new_balance);