diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Mods/OsuModNoScope.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Mods/OsuModNoScope.cs
index 56c807eacd..09870f2758 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Mods/OsuModNoScope.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Mods/OsuModNoScope.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Localisation;
+using osu.Framework.Utils;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
 using osu.Game.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Overlays.Settings;
@@ -19,15 +20,18 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Mods
     public class OsuModNoScope : Mod, IUpdatableByPlayfield, IApplicableToScoreProcessor
     {
         public const float CURSOR_ALPHA_TRANSITION_DURATION = 100;
+
         public override string Name => "No Scope";
         public override string Acronym => "NS";
         public override ModType Type => ModType.Fun;
         public override IconUsage? Icon => FontAwesome.Solid.EyeSlash;
         public override string Description => "Where's the cursor?";
         public override double ScoreMultiplier => 1;
-        private readonly BindableFloat cursorAlpha = new BindableFloat();
+
         private BindableNumber<int> currentCombo;
 
+        private float targetAlpha;
+
         [SettingSource(
             "Hidden at combo",
             "The combo count at which the cursor becomes completely hidden",
@@ -43,22 +47,25 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Mods
 
         public ScoreRank AdjustRank(ScoreRank rank, double accuracy) => rank;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Slightly higher than the cutoff for <see cref="Drawable.IsPresent"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        private const float min_alpha = 0.0002f;
+
         public void ApplyToScoreProcessor(ScoreProcessor scoreProcessor)
         {
-            if (HiddenComboCount.Value != 0)
+            if (HiddenComboCount.Value == 0) return;
+
+            currentCombo = scoreProcessor.Combo.GetBoundCopy();
+            currentCombo.BindValueChanged(combo =>
             {
-                currentCombo = scoreProcessor.Combo.GetBoundCopy();
-                currentCombo.BindValueChanged(combo =>
-                {
-                    float targetCursorAlpha = (float)Math.Max(1e-3, 1 - (float)combo.NewValue / HiddenComboCount.Value);
-                    scoreProcessor.TransformBindableTo(cursorAlpha, targetCursorAlpha, CURSOR_ALPHA_TRANSITION_DURATION, Easing.OutQuint);
-                }, true);
-            }
+                targetAlpha = Math.Max(min_alpha, 1 - (float)combo.NewValue / HiddenComboCount.Value);
+            }, true);
         }
 
         public virtual void Update(Playfield playfield)
         {
-            playfield.Cursor.Alpha = cursorAlpha.Value;
+            playfield.Cursor.Alpha = (float)Interpolation.Lerp(playfield.Cursor.Alpha, targetAlpha, Math.Clamp(playfield.Time.Elapsed / CURSOR_ALPHA_TRANSITION_DURATION, 0, 1));
         }
     }