diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/traitor/traitor.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/traitor/traitor.dm
index d4b93665ce..587a05bbd9 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/traitor/traitor.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/traitor/traitor.dm
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@
 	uplink_welcome = "AntagCorp Portable Teleportation Relay:"
 	end_on_antag_death = 1
 	antag_tags = list(MODE_TRAITOR)
-	antag_scaling_coeff = 10
+	antag_scaling_coeff = 8
 
 /datum/game_mode/traitor/auto
 	name = "autotraitor"
 	config_tag = "autotraitor"
 	round_autoantag = 1
-	antag_scaling_coeff = 1
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