diff --git a/src/r_things.cpp b/src/r_things.cpp
index eb7d311c0..73cea1693 100644
--- a/src/r_things.cpp
+++ b/src/r_things.cpp
@@ -1012,10 +1012,6 @@ static void R_DrawVisSprite(vissprite_t *vis)
 	frac = vis->startfrac;
 	windowtop = windowbottom = sprbotscreen = INT32_MAX;
 
-	skin_t *myskin = ((skin_t *)vis->mobj->skin);
-	if (!(vis->cut & SC_PRECIP) && (vis->mobj->skin) && myskin->highresscale != FRACUNIT)
-		this_scale = FixedMul(this_scale, myskin->highresscale);
-
 	if (this_scale <= 0)
 		this_scale = 1;
 
@@ -1506,8 +1502,6 @@ 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
 
@@ -1756,6 +1750,8 @@ static void R_ProjectSprite(mobj_t *thing)
 	R_InterpolateMobjState(interptarg, R_GetTimeFrac(RTF_LEVEL), &interp);
 
 	this_scale = interp.scale;
+	if (thing->skin && ((skin_t *)thing->skin)->highresscale != FRACUNIT)
+		this_scale = FixedMul(this_scale, ((skin_t *)thing->skin)->highresscale);
 
 	// sprite offset
 	interp.x += thing->sprxoff;
@@ -1877,9 +1873,6 @@ 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;
@@ -2373,7 +2366,7 @@ 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;