diff --git a/doc/fixes34.1 b/doc/fixes34.1
index f877194e7..1c2df9b89 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.1
+++ b/doc/fixes34.1
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ General Fixes and Modified Features
 prevent panic() obj_not_free when pushing a boulder over a landmine
 there was no feedback when successfully hitting shock resistant monsters
 	with Mjollnir via hand-to-hand attack
+unbought single-bite food eaten in shops was not billed properly
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/eat.c b/src/eat.c
index 4cd2427f8..0f91cfcdf 100644
--- a/src/eat.c
+++ b/src/eat.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	SCCS Id: @(#)eat.c	3.4	2002/01/02	*/
+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)eat.c	3.4	2002/03/22	*/
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -316,8 +316,7 @@ register struct obj *otmp;
 	if (!otmp->oeaten) {
 	    if(((!carried(otmp) && costly_spot(otmp->ox, otmp->oy) &&
 		 !otmp->no_charge)
-		 || otmp->unpaid) &&
-		 (otmp->otyp == CORPSE || objects[otmp->otyp].oc_delay > 1)) {
+		 || otmp->unpaid)) {
 		/* create a dummy duplicate to put on bill */
 		verbalize("You bit it, you bought it!");
 		bill_dummy_object(otmp);