diff --git a/src/game/shared/baseentity_shared.cpp b/src/game/shared/baseentity_shared.cpp
index 3faed5f916..e675ed63a9 100644
--- a/src/game/shared/baseentity_shared.cpp
+++ b/src/game/shared/baseentity_shared.cpp
@@ -2111,19 +2111,6 @@ void CBaseEntity::FireBullets( const FireBulletsInfo_t &info )
 		}
 #endif // NEO
 
-#ifdef NEO
-		// The below penetration value check relies an all possible surfaces
-		// incurring a non-zero cost to m_flPenetration.
-		for (int i = 0; i < ARRAYSIZE(PENETRATION_RESISTANCE); ++i)
-		{
-			Assert(PENETRATION_RESISTANCE[i] > 0);
-		}
-		// Only draw tracers if we haven't yet penetrated, because the penetration logic is reentrant
-		// and would otherwise draw multiple tracers per shot.
-		Assert(neoWeapon);
-		if (neoWeapon->GetPenetration() == info.m_flPenetration)
-		{
-#endif
 		if ( ( info.m_iTracerFreq != 0 ) && ( tracerCount++ % info.m_iTracerFreq ) == 0 && ( bHitGlass == false ) )
 		{
 			if ( bDoServerEffects == true )
@@ -2174,9 +2161,6 @@ void CBaseEntity::FireBullets( const FireBulletsInfo_t &info )
 			}
 #endif
 		}
-#ifdef NEO
-		}
-#endif
 
 		//NOTENOTE: We could expand this to a more general solution for various material penetration types (wood, thin metal, etc)
 
@@ -2376,7 +2360,9 @@ void CBaseEntity::HandleShotPenetration(const FireBulletsInfo_t& info,
 	behindMaterialInfo.m_vecSpread = vec3_origin;
 	behindMaterialInfo.m_flDistance = info.m_flDistance * (1.0f - tr.fraction);
 	behindMaterialInfo.m_iAmmoType = info.m_iAmmoType;
-	behindMaterialInfo.m_iTracerFreq = info.m_iTracerFreq;
+	// Only draw tracers if we haven't yet penetrated, because the penetration logic is reentrant
+	// and would otherwise draw multiple tracers per shot.
+	behindMaterialInfo.m_iTracerFreq = 0;
 	behindMaterialInfo.m_flDamage = info.m_flDamage * Max(0.25f, (1.f - (penUsed / info.m_flPenetration)));
 	behindMaterialInfo.m_pAttacker = info.m_pAttacker ? info.m_pAttacker : this;
 	behindMaterialInfo.m_nFlags = info.m_nFlags;