diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e6fadb..31f11ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ Afghan, Algerian, American, Argentinian, Australian, Bangladeshi, Brazilian, Bri
 ### Complexion (15)
 porcelain, fair, light, light medium, warm beige, warm olive, olive, medium, warm medium, tan, golden brown, medium brown, deep brown, deep, ebony
 
-### Skin Texture (20)
-smooth, clear, dewy, glowing, matte, oily, large pores, freckled, beauty spots, moles, blemished, acne scars, rosacea, vitiligo, ruddy, fine lines, wrinkled, sun-spotted, weathered, leathery
+### Skin Texture (19)
+smooth, clear, dewy, glowing, matte, oily, large pores, beauty spots, moles, blemished, acne scars, rosacea, vitiligo, ruddy, fine lines, wrinkled, sun-spotted, weathered, leathery
 
 > Skin texture is separate from complexion (tone). It appends after the complexion in both the `description` and the `complexion` pin, e.g. `tan, smooth skin`.
 
diff --git a/data/shared/skin_texture.json b/data/shared/skin_texture.json
index 372ddec..988d491 100644
--- a/data/shared/skin_texture.json
+++ b/data/shared/skin_texture.json
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@
     "label": "large pores",
     "description": "visibly large pores"
   },
-  {
-    "label": "freckled",
-    "description": "freckled skin"
-  },
   {
     "label": "beauty spots",
     "description": "scattered beauty spots"
diff --git a/nodes.py b/nodes.py
index 2651ee7..68a4552 100644
--- a/nodes.py
+++ b/nodes.py
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ def make_v1_node(node_id, display_name, keys, include_age, output_names):
                 required["age_max"]   = ("INT", {"default": 0, "min": 0, "max": 90, "tooltip": _AGEMAX_TIP})
                 required["age_fixed"] = ("INT", {"default": 0, "min": 0, "max": 90, "tooltip": _AGEFIX_TIP})
             required["extra_attributes"] = ("STRING", {"default": "", "multiline": True,
-                                                       "placeholder": "Add any extra details to pass into the description, e.g. wearing a red scarf, holding a coffee, tattoo on left arm, freckles",
+                                                       "placeholder": "Add any extra details to pass into the description, e.g. wearing a red scarf, holding a coffee, tattoo on left arm",
                                                        "tooltip": _EXTRA_TIP})
             return {"required": required}
 
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ try:
                     ]
                 inputs.append(
                     io.String.Input("extra_attributes", default="", multiline=True,
-                                    placeholder="Add any extra details to pass into the description, e.g. wearing a red scarf, holding a coffee, tattoo on left arm, freckles", tooltip=_EXTRA_TIP))
+                                    placeholder="Add any extra details to pass into the description, e.g. wearing a red scarf, holding a coffee, tattoo on left arm", tooltip=_EXTRA_TIP))
                 outputs = []
                 for name in output_names:
                     if name == "seed":
diff --git a/test_random_person.py b/test_random_person.py
index 489af86..54909bf 100644
--- a/test_random_person.py
+++ b/test_random_person.py
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ class TestSelection(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(run(seed=seed, sex="male")[11], "")   # makeup pin empty
 
     def test_skin_texture_in_complexion_pin(self):
-        out = run(skin_texture=("fixed", "", "freckled"),
+        out = run(skin_texture=("fixed", "", "dewy"),
                   complexion=("fixed", "", "tan"))
         self.assertIn("tan", out[4])
-        self.assertIn("freckled", out[4])
+        self.assertIn("dewy", out[4])
 
     def test_eye_shape_merges_into_eyes(self):
         # eye_shape sits in front of the eye colour, single "eyes" suffix, and