diff --git a/src/newgrf_config.cpp b/src/newgrf_config.cpp
--- a/src/newgrf_config.cpp
+++ b/src/newgrf_config.cpp
@@ -636,8 +636,6 @@ void DoScanNewGRFFiles(void *callback)
 
 	ClearGRFConfigList(&_all_grfs);
 
-	TarScanner::DoScan();
-
 	DEBUG(grf, 1, "Scanning for NewGRFs");
 	uint num = GRFFileScanner::DoScan();