diff --git a/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-tag-music b/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-tag-music
index 64990de5c..307fb4ad7 100755
--- a/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-tag-music
+++ b/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-tag-music
@@ -311,24 +311,22 @@ class Tags:
             self.artist = self.albumartist
 
     def rewrite_singles(self) -> None:
-        """ idiom is for singles to belong to self-titled album. else each artist's singles get merged into one massive album """
+        """
+        Singles shouldn't generally have a track number: delete it
+        """
         if len(self.album) != 1:
             return
 
-        for artist in self.albumartist[::-1] + self.artist[::-1]:
-            if loose_compare_str(self.album[0], "Singles") or loose_compare_str(self.album[0], artist):
-                self.album = [ artist ]
-                self.tracknumber = []
+        if loose_compare_str(self.album[0], "Singles"):
+            self.tracknumber = []
 
     def to_path(self, ext: str) -> str | None:
         artist = self.albumartist or self.artist
-        is_single = self.album in [self.albumartist, self.artist]
-        # if not (artist and self.album and self.title and (self.tracknumber or is_single) and ext):
         if not (artist and self.album and self.title and ext):
             return None
 
         artist = clean_fields_for_fs(artist, single_fields=False)
-        album = "Singles" if is_single else clean_fields_for_fs(self.album)
+        album = clean_fields_for_fs(self.album)
         trackno = self.tracknumber and clean_fields_for_fs(self.tracknumber)
         trackno = [f"{trackno:>02}"] if trackno else []
         title = clean_fields_for_fs(self.title)