diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 29efae747..fe573fe50 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ Aron Petkovski (fury)
 Arseniy Surkov (codedeliveryservice)
 Artem Solopiy (EntityFX)
 Auguste Pop
-Ayush (ayushthepiro11-design)
 Balazs Szilagyi
 Balint Pfliegel
 Baptiste Rech (breatn)
diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 3ccb4895a..0e18a8013 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -995,8 +995,8 @@ Value Search::Worker::search(
     {
         assert((ss - 1)->currentMove != Move::null());
 
-        // Null move dynamic reduction based on depth and evaluation margin
-        Depth R = 7 + depth / 3 + std::max(0, (ss->staticEval - beta) / 256);
+        // Null move dynamic reduction based on depth
+        Depth R = 7 + depth / 3;
         do_null_move(pos, st, ss);
 
         Value nullValue = -search<NonPV>(pos, ss + 1, -beta, -beta + 1, depth - R, false);