diff --git a/src/p_mobj.c b/src/p_mobj.c
index ea6179fe6..a1b859542 100644
--- a/src/p_mobj.c
+++ b/src/p_mobj.c
@@ -12464,12 +12464,6 @@ static mobj_t *P_SpawnMobjFromMapThing(mapthing_t *mthing, fixed_t x, fixed_t y,
 	mobj = P_SpawnMobj(x, y, z, i);
 	mobj->spawnpoint = mthing;
 
-	P_SetScale(mobj, FixedMul(mobj->scale, mthing->scale));
-	mobj->destscale = FixedMul(mobj->destscale, mthing->scale);
-	
-	mobj->spritexscale = mthing->spritexscale;
-	mobj->spriteyscale = mthing->spriteyscale;
-
 	if (!P_SetupSpawnedMapThing(mthing, mobj, &doangle))
 	{
 		if (P_MobjWasRemoved(mobj))
diff --git a/src/p_setup.c b/src/p_setup.c
index fb3fde7ac..83a7bd0e5 100644
--- a/src/p_setup.c
+++ b/src/p_setup.c
@@ -1883,7 +1883,7 @@ static void ParseTextmapSectorParameter(UINT32 i, const char *param, const char
 		sectors[i].specialflags |= SSF_DOUBLESTEPUP;
 	else if (fastcmp(param, "nostepdown") && fastcmp("true", val))
 		sectors[i].specialflags |= SSF_NOSTEPDOWN;
-	else if (fastcmp(param, "starpostactivator") && fastcmp("true", val))
+	else if  ((fastcmp(param, "cheatcheckactivator") || fastcmp(param, "starpostactivator")) && fastcmp("true", val))
 		sectors[i].specialflags |= SSF_STARPOSTACTIVATOR;
 	else if (fastcmp(param, "exit") && fastcmp("true", val))
 		sectors[i].specialflags |= SSF_EXIT;