diff --git a/source/games/exhumed/src/runlist.cpp b/source/games/exhumed/src/runlist.cpp
index 13b4156ce..0b1ad0b0f 100644
--- a/source/games/exhumed/src/runlist.cpp
+++ b/source/games/exhumed/src/runlist.cpp
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 #include "sound.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 
-CVARD(Bool, cl_exdamagepush, false, CVAR_ARCHIVE, "enables player damage pushback from explosions, etc.")
-
 BEGIN_PS_NS
 
 enum
@@ -1776,22 +1774,13 @@ int runlist_CheckRadialDamage(DExhumedActor* pActor)
         {
             if ((nPush = max((nRadialDamage * (nDamageRadius - nDist)) / nDamageRadius, 0.)) > 20)
             {
-                const auto nVel = DVector3(pos.Angle().ToVector(), -24 * (1. / 256.)) * nPush;
-                pActor->vel.Z += nVel.Z;
+                pActor->vel += DVector3(pos.Angle().ToVector() * 0.125, -24 * (1. / 256.)) * nPush;
 
                 if (pActor->vel.Z < -14)
 					pActor->vel.Z = -14;
 
                 if (pActor->spr.statnum == 100)
-                {
-                    // The player's max vel is 15.25 for reference.
-                    pActor->vel.XY() += nVel.XY() * 0.1875 * cl_exdamagepush;
                     getPlayer(GetPlayerFromActor(pActor))->bJumping = true;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    pActor->vel.XY() += nVel.XY() * 0.125;
-                }
             }
         }