reader.go | 7 +++----
 t.go      | 2 +-

diff --git a/reader.go b/reader.go
index 745409f4f3df6404c56cf37ff8da7d0c2674c198..78a2ff00bf2df4d86b48bb4ec3a6c8f2bc7f0166 100644
--- a/reader.go
+++ b/reader.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"math"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/anacrolix/log"
@@ -292,7 +291,7 @@ func (r *reader) log(m log.Msg) {
 	r.t.logger.Log(m.Skip(1))
 }
 
-// Implementation inspired from an arbitrary comment I found on HN.
-func (r *reader) sqrtReadahead() int64 {
-	return int64(math.Sqrt(float64(r.pos - r.contiguousReadStartPos)))
+// Implementation inspired by https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27019613.
+func (r *reader) defaultReadaheadFunc() int64 {
+	return r.pos - r.contiguousReadStartPos
 }
diff --git a/t.go b/t.go
index 8da398832be19c46bccfbef5ddcbc18318baad87..ebb328835deaa3cfa8f42ba7346b9d5ffcc4e4a4 100644
--- a/t.go
+++ b/t.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ 		t:      t,
 		offset: offset,
 		length: length,
 	}
-	r.readaheadFunc = r.sqrtReadahead
+	r.readaheadFunc = r.defaultReadaheadFunc
 	t.addReader(&r)
 	return &r
 }