Ticket allocations are back on the agenda in Glasgow.
After two meetings without any away fans present in either Ibrox or Celtic Park this season, Rangers managing director Stewart Robertson revealed on Tuesday that lockout would come to an end next time the rivals cross Premiership paths in April.
But it won't be a return to the days of old.
Those occasions were 7000 travelling supporters would pack into the home of their rivals still seems a long way off, with Robertson insisting it will be the reduced allocation of recent seasons and nothing more.
He said: "No, that won't be happening this season. It'll be the allocation we've had for the last couple of years.
"And going into next year and succeeding years after that, as far as I can see, it will still be at that level."
The break from tradition started in 2018 as Rangers cut Celtic's allocation to just 800, a drastic reduction from being handed the entire Broomloan Stand.
Rangers dished out the tickets to their own fans instead, prompting Celtic to respond in kind for when the Ibrox men came to Parkhead.
There's been a mixed reaction across the board to Robertson's interview on Sky Sports.
Some don't want any away fans in their team's ground, while others would prefer things went back to the way they were for years.
A number of Celtic fans have suggested that the club should issue Rangers with an ultimatum.
One supporter on social media put it much more succinctly than I ever could in saying the Parkhead board should demand "the Broomloan or hee haw".
The reduced allocation seems to suit no one but the reasons it won't go away any time soon are two-fold.
The first, as Robertson has previously intimated, is he maintains that Rangers fans do not want it to come back
The second is a logistical issue.
Both clubs have since sold season tickets in the traditional away area without the old caveat that it would not include derby matches.
It means that unless this stance is revised for next season - and it appears it won't, at least in Rangers' case - then the reduced allocations are to become the norm for campaigns to come.
