diff --git a/osu.Game/Configuration/OsuConfigManager.cs b/osu.Game/Configuration/OsuConfigManager.cs
index 08724aab4b..0d56ab8962 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Configuration/OsuConfigManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Configuration/OsuConfigManager.cs
@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Configuration
 
             SetDefault(OsuSetting.LastProcessedMetadataId, -1);
 
-            SetDefault(OsuSetting.NormaliseComboColourBrightness, false);
-            SetDefault(OsuSetting.ComboColourBrightness, 0.7f, 0f, 1f);
+            SetDefault(OsuSetting.ComboColourBrightness, 0f, -1f, 1f, 1f);
         }
 
         protected override bool CheckLookupContainsPrivateInformation(OsuSetting lookup)
@@ -367,7 +366,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Configuration
         AutomaticallyDownloadWhenSpectating,
         ShowOnlineExplicitContent,
         LastProcessedMetadataId,
-        NormaliseComboColourBrightness,
         SafeAreaConsiderations,
         ComboColourBrightness,
     }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/Gameplay/BeatmapSettings.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/Gameplay/BeatmapSettings.cs
index 0de8f6509f..8bfa3e502c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/Gameplay/BeatmapSettings.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/Gameplay/BeatmapSettings.cs
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Settings.Sections.Gameplay
         protected override LocalisableString Header => GameplaySettingsStrings.BeatmapHeader;
 
         private readonly BindableFloat comboColourBrightness = new BindableFloat();
-        private readonly BindableBool normaliseComboColourBrightness = new BindableBool();
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load(OsuConfigManager config)
         {
             config.BindWith(OsuSetting.ComboColourBrightness, comboColourBrightness);
-            config.BindWith(OsuSetting.NormaliseComboColourBrightness, normaliseComboColourBrightness);
 
             Children = new Drawable[]
             {
@@ -47,11 +45,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Settings.Sections.Gameplay
                     LabelText = GraphicsSettingsStrings.StoryboardVideo,
                     Current = config.GetBindable<bool>(OsuSetting.ShowStoryboard)
                 },
-                new SettingsCheckbox
-                {
-                    LabelText = "Normalise combo colour brightness",
-                    Current = normaliseComboColourBrightness
-                },
                 new SettingsSlider<float>
                 {
                     LabelText = "Combo colour brightness",
@@ -60,12 +53,5 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Settings.Sections.Gameplay
                 }
             };
         }
-
-        protected override void LoadComplete()
-        {
-            base.LoadComplete();
-
-            normaliseComboColourBrightness.BindValueChanged(normalise => comboColourBrightness.Disabled = !normalise.NewValue, true);
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
index 8a32c015a3..077606cb3a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Objects/Drawables/DrawableHitObject.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Extensions.TypeExtensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Primitives;
 using osu.Framework.Threading;
+using osu.Framework.Utils;
 using osu.Game.Audio;
 using osu.Game.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
@@ -174,7 +175,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables
         private void load(OsuConfigManager config, ISkinSource skinSource)
         {
             config.BindWith(OsuSetting.PositionalHitsoundsLevel, positionalHitsoundsLevel);
-            config.BindWith(OsuSetting.NormaliseComboColourBrightness, normaliseComboColourBrightness);
             config.BindWith(OsuSetting.ComboColourBrightness, comboColourBrightness);
 
             // Explicit non-virtual function call in case a DrawableHitObject overrides AddInternal.
@@ -522,8 +522,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects.Drawables
             Color4 colour = combo.GetComboColour(CurrentSkin);
 
             // Normalise the combo colour to the given brightness level.
-            if (normaliseComboColourBrightness.Value)
-                colour = new HSPAColour(colour) { P = comboColourBrightness.Value }.ToColor4();
+            if (comboColourBrightness.Value != 0)
+            {
+                float pAdjust = 0.6f + 0.4f * comboColourBrightness.Value;
+
+                colour = Interpolation.ValueAt(Math.Abs(comboColourBrightness.Value), colour, new HSPAColour(colour) { P = pAdjust }.ToColor4(), 0, 1, Easing.Out);
+            }
 
             AccentColour.Value = colour;
         }