diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/processing.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/processing.dm
index 058645da49..b6e4f1663e 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/processing.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/processing.dm
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(processing)
 /datum/controller/subsystem/processing/fire(resumed = FALSE)
 	if (!resumed)
 		currentrun = processing.Copy()
+	var/delta_time = (flags & SS_TICKER)? (wait * world.tick_lag) : (wait * 0.1)
 	//cache for sanic speed (lists are references anyways)
 	var/list/current_run = currentrun
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(processing)
 		current_run.len--
 		if(QDELETED(thing))
 			processing -= thing
-		else if(thing.process(wait * 0.1) == PROCESS_KILL)
+		else if(thing.process(delta_time) == PROCESS_KILL)
 			// fully stop so that a future START_PROCESSING will work
 			STOP_PROCESSING(src, thing)
 		if (MC_TICK_CHECK)
diff --git a/code/modules/projectiles/projectile.dm b/code/modules/projectiles/projectile.dm
index fb9e6ff6c6..fb36684370 100644
--- a/code/modules/projectiles/projectile.dm
+++ b/code/modules/projectiles/projectile.dm
@@ -471,8 +471,7 @@
 	if(paused || !isturf(loc))
 		return
 
-	var/ds = (SSprojectiles.flags & SS_TICKER)? (wait * world.tick_lag) : wait
-	var/required_pixels = (pixels_per_second * ds * 0.1) + pixels_tick_leftover
+	var/required_pixels = (pixels_per_second * ds) + pixels_tick_leftover
 	if(required_pixels >= pixel_increment_amount)
 		pixels_tick_leftover = MODULUS(required_pixels, pixel_increment_amount)
 		pixel_move(FLOOR(required_pixels / pixel_increment_amount, 1), FALSE, ds, SSprojectiles.global_projectile_speed_multiplier)