diff --git a/src/p_mobj.c b/src/p_mobj.c
index 5926a6be7..5862c7b03 100644
--- a/src/p_mobj.c
+++ b/src/p_mobj.c
@@ -7729,11 +7729,6 @@ static boolean P_MobjRegularThink(mobj_t *mobj)
 			newScale = FixedMul(newScale, FixedDiv(newHeight / 2, mobj->target->height));
 		}
 
-		if (mobj->target->player->curshield == KSHIELD_FLAME)
-		{
-			newScale = 8 * newScale / 5;
-		}
-
 		mobj->angle = K_MomentumAngle(mobj->target);
 		P_MoveOrigin(mobj, mobj->target->x, mobj->target->y, mobj->target->z + (newHeight / 2));
 		mobj->destscale = newScale;
@@ -8386,7 +8381,7 @@ static boolean P_MobjRegularThink(mobj_t *mobj)
 			P_RemoveMobj(mobj);
 			return false;
 		}
-		P_SetScale(mobj, (mobj->destscale = (7*mobj->target->scale)>>2));
+		P_SetScale(mobj, (mobj->destscale = (5*mobj->target->scale)>>2));
 
 		P_MoveOrigin(mobj, mobj->target->x, mobj->target->y, mobj->target->z + mobj->target->height/2);
 		break;
@@ -8515,7 +8510,7 @@ static boolean P_MobjRegularThink(mobj_t *mobj)
 
 		flamemax = mobj->target->player->flamelength;
 
-		P_SetScale(mobj, (mobj->destscale = (8*mobj->target->scale)>>2));
+		P_SetScale(mobj, (mobj->destscale = (5*mobj->target->scale)>>2));
 
 		curstate = ((mobj->tics == 1) ? (mobj->state->nextstate) : ((statenum_t)(mobj->state-states)));