diff --git a/code/datums/components/fantasy/prefixes.dm b/code/datums/components/fantasy/prefixes.dm
index 19ca9ae9c61..f7f3f3aaa70 100644
--- a/code/datums/components/fantasy/prefixes.dm
+++ b/code/datums/components/fantasy/prefixes.dm
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 
 /datum/fantasy_affix/ugly/remove(datum/component/fantasy/comp)
 	var/obj/item/master = comp.parent
-	master.AddElement(/datum/element/beauty, min(comp.quality, -1) * 250)
+	master.RemoveElement(/datum/element/beauty, min(comp.quality, -1) * 250)
 
 /datum/fantasy_affix/venomous
 	name = "<poisonname>-laced (picked from small pool of toxins)"