diff --git a/plugins/Eq/EqCurve.cpp b/plugins/Eq/EqCurve.cpp
index 24a560b1556..5d669b04ac4 100644
--- a/plugins/Eq/EqCurve.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Eq/EqCurve.cpp
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ EqHandle::EqHandle( int num, int x, int y ):
 	m_width( x ),
 	m_heigth( y ),
 	m_mousePressed( false ),
-	m_active( false ),
-	m_handleMoved( false )
+	m_active( false )
 {
 	setFlag( ItemIsMovable );
 	setFlag( ItemSendsGeometryChanges );
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ EqHandle::EqHandle( int num, int x, int y ):
 	float totalHeight = 36;
 	m_pixelsPerUnitHeight = ( m_heigth ) / ( totalHeight );
 	setMouseHover( false );
-	connect( this, SIGNAL( positionChanged() ), this, SLOT( handleMoved() ) );
 }
 
 
@@ -93,14 +91,6 @@ float EqHandle::yPixelToGain(float y , int h, float pixelPerUnitHeight )
 
 
 
-void EqHandle::handleMoved()
-{
-	m_handleMoved = true;
-}
-
-
-
-
 void EqHandle::paint( QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *option, QWidget *widget )
 {
 	painter->setRenderHint( QPainter::Antialiasing, true );
@@ -189,6 +179,11 @@ void EqHandle::loadPixmap()
 	m_circlePixmap = PLUGIN_NAME::getIconPixmap( fileName.toLatin1() );
 }
 
+bool EqHandle::mousePressed() const
+{
+	return m_mousePressed;
+}
+
 
 
 
@@ -463,22 +458,6 @@ void EqHandle::setHandleActive( bool a )
 
 
 
-void EqHandle::setHandleMoved( bool a )
-{
-	m_handleMoved = a;
-}
-
-
-
-
-bool EqHandle::getHandleMoved()
-{
-	return m_handleMoved;
-}
-
-
-
-
 void EqHandle::sethp12()
 {
 	m_hp12 = true;
diff --git a/plugins/Eq/EqCurve.h b/plugins/Eq/EqCurve.h
index 52e39a520bd..58dfa2ac92b 100644
--- a/plugins/Eq/EqCurve.h
+++ b/plugins/Eq/EqCurve.h
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ class EqHandle : public QGraphicsObject
 	void setMouseHover( bool d );
 	bool isActiveHandle();
 	void setHandleActive( bool a );
-	void setHandleMoved(bool a);
-	bool getHandleMoved();
+	bool mousePressed() const;
 	void sethp12();
 	void sethp24();
 	void sethp48();
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ class EqHandle : public QGraphicsObject
 private:
 	double calculateGain( const double freq, const double a1, const double a2, const double b0, const double b1, const double b2 );
 	void loadPixmap();
-
 	float m_pixelsPerUnitWidth;
 	float m_pixelsPerUnitHeight;
 	float m_scale;
@@ -111,11 +109,7 @@ class EqHandle : public QGraphicsObject
 	float m_resonance;
 	bool m_mousePressed;
 	bool m_active;
-	bool m_handleMoved;
 	QPixmap m_circlePixmap;
-private slots:
-	void handleMoved();
-
 };
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/Eq/EqParameterWidget.cpp b/plugins/Eq/EqParameterWidget.cpp
index 4ccdfbb2fa3..be2174a2b36 100644
--- a/plugins/Eq/EqParameterWidget.cpp
+++ b/plugins/Eq/EqParameterWidget.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void EqParameterWidget::updateHandle()
 	m_eqcurve->setModelChanged( true );
 	for( int i = 0 ; i < bandCount(); i++ )
 	{
-		if ( m_handleList->at( i )->getHandleMoved() == false ) //prevents a short circuit between handle and data model
+		if ( !m_handleList->at( i )->mousePressed() ) //prevents a short circuit between handle and data model
 		{
 			//sets the band on active if a fader or a knob is moved
 			bool hover = false; // prevents an action if handle is moved
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ void EqParameterWidget::updateHandle()
 		else
 		{
 			m_handleList->at( i )->setHandleActive( m_bands[i].active->value() );
-			m_handleList->at( i )->setHandleMoved( false );
 		}
 	}
 	if ( m_bands[0].hp12->value() ) m_handleList->at( 0 )->sethp12();