diff --git a/doc/fixes34.4 b/doc/fixes34.4
index 52316d17a..504dab9d1 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.4
+++ b/doc/fixes34.4
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ don't hallucinate anything for an exploding black light as it dies
 give blindness feedback when moving into/through stinking cloud
 fix case on monster name when monster reflects floating eye's gaze
 monsters "shrieking in pain" from a potion didn't wake anything up
+Master of Thieves as Tourist Nemesis still had STRAT_CLOSE
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/role.c b/src/role.c
index 394e8823c..c7a531d30 100644
--- a/src/role.c
+++ b/src/role.c
@@ -1407,6 +1407,7 @@ role_init()
 	    mons[urole.neminum].msound = MS_NEMESIS;
 	    mons[urole.neminum].mflags2 &= ~(M2_PEACEFUL);
 	    mons[urole.neminum].mflags2 |= (M2_NASTY|M2_STALK|M2_HOSTILE);
+	    mons[urole.neminum].mflags3 &= ~(M3_CLOSE);
 	    mons[urole.neminum].mflags3 |= M3_WANTSARTI | M3_WAITFORU;
 	}