Index: trunk/psphot/src/psphotModelBackground.c
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--- trunk/psphot/src/psphotModelBackground.c	(revision 21183)
+++ trunk/psphot/src/psphotModelBackground.c	(revision 23259)
@@ -49,10 +49,5 @@
     assert (maskVal);
 
-    // user supplied seed, if available
-    unsigned long seed = psMetadataLookupS32 (&status, recipe, "IMSTATS_SEED");
-    if (!status) {
-        seed = 0;
-    }
-    psRandom *rng = psRandomAlloc(PS_RANDOM_TAUS, seed);
+    psRandom *rng = psRandomAlloc(PS_RANDOM_TAUS);
 
     // subtract this amount extra from the sky