diff --git a/font-src/glyphs/letter/cyrillic/dche.ptl b/font-src/glyphs/letter/cyrillic/dche.ptl
index 5ff623c56..7dc62e721 100644
--- a/font-src/glyphs/letter/cyrillic/dche.ptl
+++ b/font-src/glyphs/letter/cyrillic/dche.ptl
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ glyph-block Letter-Cyrillic-Dche : begin
 			local subDf : df.slice 3 2 OX
 			include : CyrDeItalicShapeT dispiro subDf df.mvs
 			include : difference
-				CyrCheShape df XH 0.65 body [if SLAB slabItalic SERIFS.NONE] (sw -- df.mvs)
+				CyrCheShape df XH 0.5 body [if SLAB slabItalic SERIFS.NONE] (sw -- df.mvs)
 				MaskLeft df.middle
 
 	select-variant 'cyrl/dche.italic' (follow -- 'cyrl/che')