diff --git a/libgnucash/engine/Scrub.c b/libgnucash/engine/Scrub.c
index 3e4c972801..340cd3431f 100644
--- a/libgnucash/engine/Scrub.c
+++ b/libgnucash/engine/Scrub.c
@@ -530,50 +530,6 @@ get_trading_split (Transaction *trans, Account *base,
     return balance_split;
 }
 
-/* Find the trading split for a commodity, but don't create any splits
-   or accounts if they don't already exist. */
-static Split *
-find_trading_split (Transaction *trans, Account *root,
-                    gnc_commodity *commodity)
-{
-    Account *trading_account;
-    Account *ns_account;
-    Account *account;
-
-    if (!root)
-    {
-        root = gnc_book_get_root_account (xaccTransGetBook (trans));
-        if (NULL == root)
-        {
-            /* This can't occur, things should be in books */
-            PERR ("Bad data corruption, no root account in book");
-            return NULL;
-        }
-    }
-
-    trading_account = gnc_account_lookup_by_name (root, _("Trading"));
-    if (!trading_account)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    ns_account = gnc_account_lookup_by_name (trading_account,
-                                             gnc_commodity_get_namespace(commodity));
-    if (!ns_account)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    account = gnc_account_lookup_by_name (ns_account,
-                                          gnc_commodity_get_mnemonic(commodity));
-    if (!account)
-    {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return xaccTransFindSplitByAccount(trans, account);
-}
-
 static void
 add_balance_split (Transaction *trans, gnc_numeric imbalance,
                    Account *root, Account *account)
@@ -631,71 +587,6 @@ gnc_transaction_balance_no_trading (Transaction *trans, Account *root,
     }
 
 }
-/** If there are existing trading splits, adjust the price or exchange
-    rate in each of them to agree with the non-trading splits for the
-    same commodity.  If there are multiple non-trading splits for the
-    same commodity in the transaction this will use the exchange rate in
-    the last such split.  This shouldn't happen, and if it does then there's
-    not much we can do about it anyway.
-
-    While we're at it, compute the value imbalance ignoring existing
-    trading splits. */
-
-static gnc_numeric
-gnc_transaction_adjust_trading_splits (Transaction* trans, Account *root)
-{
-    GList* splits;
-    gnc_numeric imbalance = gnc_numeric_zero();
-    for (splits = trans->splits; splits; splits = splits->next)
-    {
-        Split *split = splits->data;
-        Split *balance_split = NULL;
-        gnc_numeric value, amount;
-        gnc_commodity *commodity, *txn_curr = xaccTransGetCurrency (trans);
-
-        if (! xaccTransStillHasSplit (trans, split)) continue;
-
-        commodity = xaccAccountGetCommodity (xaccSplitGetAccount(split));
-        if (!commodity)
-        {
-            PERR("Split has no commodity");
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        balance_split = find_trading_split (trans, root, commodity);
-
-        if (balance_split != split)
-            /* this is not a trading split */
-            imbalance = gnc_numeric_add(imbalance, xaccSplitGetValue (split),
-                                        GNC_DENOM_AUTO, GNC_HOW_DENOM_EXACT);
-
-        /* Ignore splits where value or amount is zero */
-        value = xaccSplitGetValue (split);
-        amount = xaccSplitGetAmount (split);
-        if (gnc_numeric_zero_p(amount) || gnc_numeric_zero_p(value))
-            continue;
-
-        if (balance_split && balance_split != split)
-        {
-            gnc_numeric convrate = gnc_numeric_div (amount, value,
-                                                    GNC_DENOM_AUTO, GNC_HOW_DENOM_REDUCE);
-            gnc_numeric old_value, new_value;
-            old_value = xaccSplitGetValue(balance_split);
-            new_value = gnc_numeric_div (xaccSplitGetAmount(balance_split),
-                                         convrate,
-                                         gnc_commodity_get_fraction(txn_curr),
-                                         GNC_HOW_RND_ROUND_HALF_UP);
-            if (! gnc_numeric_equal (old_value, new_value))
-            {
-                xaccTransBeginEdit (trans);
-                xaccSplitSetValue (balance_split, new_value);
-                xaccSplitScrub (balance_split);
-                xaccTransCommitEdit (trans);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    return imbalance;
-}
 
 static gnc_numeric
 gnc_transaction_get_commodity_imbalance (Transaction *trans,
@@ -719,6 +610,42 @@ gnc_transaction_get_commodity_imbalance (Transaction *trans,
     return val_imbalance;
 }
 
+/* GFunc wrapper for xaccSplitDestroy */
+static void
+destroy_split (void* ptr, void* data)
+{
+    Split *split = GNC_SPLIT (ptr);
+    if (split)
+        xaccSplitDestroy (split);
+}
+
+/* Balancing transactions with trading accounts works best when
+ * starting with no trading splits.
+ */
+static void
+xaccTransClearTradingSplits (Transaction *trans)
+{
+    GList *trading_splits = NULL;
+
+    for (GList* node = trans->splits; node; node = node->next)
+    {
+         Split* split = GNC_SPLIT(node->data);
+         Account* acc = NULL;
+         if (!split)
+              continue;
+         acc = xaccSplitGetAccount(split);
+         if (acc && xaccAccountGetType(acc) == ACCT_TYPE_TRADING)
+            trading_splits = g_list_prepend (trading_splits, node->data);
+    }
+
+    if (!trading_splits)
+        return;
+
+    xaccTransBeginEdit (trans);
+    g_list_foreach (trading_splits, destroy_split, NULL);
+    xaccTransCommitEdit (trans);
+}
+
 static void
 gnc_transaction_balance_trading (Transaction *trans, Account *root)
 {
@@ -859,8 +786,11 @@ xaccTransScrubImbalance (Transaction *trans, Account *root,
 
     ENTER ("()");
 
-    /* Must look for orphan splits even if there is no imbalance. */
+    /* Must look for orphan splits and remove trading splits even if
+     * there is no imbalance and we're not using trading accounts.
+     */
     xaccTransScrubSplits (trans);
+    xaccTransClearTradingSplits (trans);
 
     /* Return immediately if things are balanced. */
     if (xaccTransIsBalanced (trans))
@@ -876,9 +806,7 @@ xaccTransScrubImbalance (Transaction *trans, Account *root,
         return;
     }
 
-    imbalance = gnc_transaction_adjust_trading_splits (trans, root);
-
-    /* Balance the value, ignoring existing trading splits */
+    imbalance = xaccTransGetImbalanceValue (trans);
     if (! gnc_numeric_zero_p (imbalance))
     {
         PINFO ("Value unbalanced transaction");