diff --git a/src/r_things.cpp b/src/r_things.cpp
index 4b3a61d68..ff616d6f5 100644
--- a/src/r_things.cpp
+++ b/src/r_things.cpp
@@ -998,9 +998,6 @@ static void R_DrawVisSprite(vissprite_t *vis)
 	frac = vis->startfrac;
 	windowtop = windowbottom = sprbotscreen = INT32_MAX;
 
-	if (!(vis->cut & SC_PRECIP) && vis->mobj->skin && ((skin_t *)vis->mobj->skin)->highresscale != FRACUNIT)
-		this_scale = FixedMul(this_scale, ((skin_t *)vis->mobj->skin)->highresscale);
-
 	if (this_scale <= 0)
 		this_scale = 1;
 
@@ -1507,8 +1504,6 @@ static void R_ProjectDropShadow(
 	shadow->gzt = groundz + patch->height * shadowyscale / 2;
 	shadow->gz = shadow->gzt - patch->height * shadowyscale;
 	shadow->texturemid = FixedMul(interp.scale, FixedDiv(shadow->gzt - viewz, shadowyscale));
-	if (thing->skin && ((skin_t *)thing->skin)->highresscale != FRACUNIT)
-		shadow->texturemid = FixedMul(shadow->texturemid, ((skin_t *)thing->skin)->highresscale);
 	shadow->scalestep = 0;
 	shadow->shear.tan = shadowskew; // repurposed variable
 
@@ -1800,6 +1795,8 @@ static void R_ProjectSprite(mobj_t *thing)
 	}
 
 	this_scale = interp.scale;
+	if (thing->skin && ((skin_t *)thing->skin)->highresscale != FRACUNIT)
+		this_scale = FixedMul(this_scale, ((skin_t *)thing->skin)->highresscale);
 
 	// hitlag vibrating
 	if (thing->hitlag > 0 && (thing->eflags & MFE_DAMAGEHITLAG))
@@ -1941,9 +1938,6 @@ static void R_ProjectSprite(mobj_t *thing)
 
 	I_Assert(lump < max_spritelumps);
 
-	if (thing->skin && ((skin_t *)thing->skin)->highresscale != FRACUNIT)
-		this_scale = FixedMul(this_scale, ((skin_t *)thing->skin)->highresscale);
-
 	spr_width = spritecachedinfo[lump].width;
 	spr_height = spritecachedinfo[lump].height;
 	spr_offset = spritecachedinfo[lump].offset;
@@ -2525,7 +2519,7 @@ static void R_ProjectSprite(mobj_t *thing)
 
 	vis->xscale = FixedMul(spritexscale, xscale); //SoM: 4/17/2000
 	vis->scale = FixedMul(spriteyscale, yscale); //<<detailshift;
-	vis->thingscale = interp.scale;
+	vis->thingscale = this_scale;
 
 	vis->spritexscale = spritexscale;
 	vis->spriteyscale = spriteyscale;