diff --git a/source/games/duke/src/hudweapon_d.cpp b/source/games/duke/src/hudweapon_d.cpp
index 2e4c358eb..f00266caf 100644
--- a/source/games/duke/src/hudweapon_d.cpp
+++ b/source/games/duke/src/hudweapon_d.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int getavel(int snum)
 
 inline static void hud_drawpal(double x, double y, int tilenum, int shade, int orientation, int p)
 {
-	hud_drawsprite(x, y, 65536, (orientation & 4) ? 1024 : 0, tilenum, shade, p, 2 | orientation);
+	hud_drawsprite(x, y, 65536, 0, tilenum, shade, p, 2 | orientation);
 }
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/source/games/duke/src/hudweapon_r.cpp b/source/games/duke/src/hudweapon_r.cpp
index 6735f4edf..a4bf685f8 100644
--- a/source/games/duke/src/hudweapon_r.cpp
+++ b/source/games/duke/src/hudweapon_r.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ BEGIN_DUKE_NS
 
 inline static void hud_drawpal(double x, double y, int tilenum, int shade, int orientation, int p, int scale = 32768)
 {
-	hud_drawsprite(x, y, scale, (orientation & 4) ? 1024 : 0, tilenum, shade, p, 2 | orientation);
+	hud_drawsprite(x, y, scale, 0, tilenum, shade, p, 2 | orientation);
 }
 
 inline static void rdmyospal(double x, double y, int tilenum, int shade, int orientation, int p)