diff --git a/font-src/support/variant-data.mjs b/font-src/support/variant-data.mjs
index 15c48fb87..b357be8e7 100644
--- a/font-src/support/variant-data.mjs
+++ b/font-src/support/variant-data.mjs
@@ -359,7 +359,6 @@ class VbStageAlternative {
 		if (this.nonBreakingVariantAdditionPriority) {
 			const p = this.evalValue(this.nonBreakingVariantAdditionPriority, localState);
 			ans.nonBreakingVariantAdditionPriority += p;
-			ans.groupRank = p;
 		}
 
 		if (this.keyAffix) ans.addKeyAffix(this.mode, this.evalValue(this.keyAffix, localState));
diff --git a/params/variants.toml b/params/variants.toml
index 6ac7d9d6b..a870e9345 100644
--- a/params/variants.toml
+++ b/params/variants.toml
@@ -5409,7 +5409,7 @@ selectorAffix."cyrl/ef.BGR" = "topSerifed"
 
 [prime.cyrl-ef.variants-buildup.stages.serifs.serifed]
 rank = 3
-nonBreakingVariantAdditionPriority = 20
+nonBreakingVariantAdditionPriority = 10
 disableIf = [{ bar = "cursive" }]
 descriptionAffix = "serifs at top and bottom"
 selectorAffix."cyrl/ef" = "serifed"