diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/animated-trail.ts b/packages/excalidraw/animated-trail.ts
index 0ffec7cf5..af6162e99 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/animated-trail.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/animated-trail.ts
@@ -191,11 +191,7 @@ export class AnimatedTrail implements Trail {
       });
 
     const stroke = this.trailAnimation
-      ? _stroke.slice(
-          // slicing from 6th point to get rid of the initial notch type of thing
-          Math.min(_stroke.length, 6),
-          _stroke.length / 2,
-        )
+      ? _stroke.slice(0, _stroke.length / 2)
       : _stroke;
 
     return getSvgPathFromStroke(stroke, true);