diff --git a/src/endgame.cpp b/src/endgame.cpp
index 55e4483d..db67ce95 100644
--- a/src/endgame.cpp
+++ b/src/endgame.cpp
@@ -631,29 +631,8 @@ ScaleFactor Endgame<KBPKB>::operator()(const Position& pos) const {
 
   // Case 2: Opposite colored bishops
   if (opposite_colors(strongBishopSq, weakBishopSq))
-  {
-      // We assume that the position is drawn in the following three situations:
-      //
-      //   a. The pawn is on rank 5 or further back.
-      //   b. The defending king is somewhere in the pawn's path.
-      //   c. The defending bishop attacks some square along the pawn's path,
-      //      and is at least three squares away from the pawn.
-      //
-      // These rules are probably not perfect, but in practice they work
-      // reasonably well.
+      return SCALE_FACTOR_DRAW;
 
-      if (relative_rank(strongSide, pawnSq) <= RANK_5)
-          return SCALE_FACTOR_DRAW;
-
-      Bitboard path = forward_file_bb(strongSide, pawnSq);
-
-      if (path & pos.pieces(weakSide, KING))
-          return SCALE_FACTOR_DRAW;
-
-      if (  (pos.attacks_from<BISHOP>(weakBishopSq) & path)
-          && distance(weakBishopSq, pawnSq) >= 3)
-          return SCALE_FACTOR_DRAW;
-  }
   return SCALE_FACTOR_NONE;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/evaluate.cpp b/src/evaluate.cpp
index 69c32785..f4811aea 100644
--- a/src/evaluate.cpp
+++ b/src/evaluate.cpp
@@ -800,11 +800,10 @@ namespace {
     {
         if (pos.opposite_bishops())
         {
-            // Endgame with opposite-colored bishops and no other pieces (ignoring pawns)
-            // is almost a draw, in case of KBP vs KB, it is even more a draw.
+            // Endgame with opposite-colored bishops and no other pieces is almost a draw
             if (   pos.non_pawn_material(WHITE) == BishopValueMg
                 && pos.non_pawn_material(BLACK) == BishopValueMg)
-                sf = more_than_one(pos.pieces(PAWN)) ? 31 : 9;
+                sf = 31;
 
             // Endgame with opposite-colored bishops, but also other pieces. Still
             // a bit drawish, but not as drawish as with only the two bishops.