diff --git a/doc/fixes34.4 b/doc/fixes34.4
index dd4edf02b..8baad4733 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.4
+++ b/doc/fixes34.4
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ if your blindfold glows and you're not otherwise blinded, you can see it
 added strsubst() to hacklib
 be consistent with use of "removing" rather than "lifting" for encumber 
 	messages associated with taking things out of a bag of holding
+cursed scroll of destroy armor damaging cursed armor didn't adjust attributes
 
 
 Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes
diff --git a/src/read.c b/src/read.c
index 9b0fbae50..eb927bffa 100644
--- a/src/read.c
+++ b/src/read.c
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
-/*	SCCS Id: @(#)read.c	3.4	2003/11/29	*/
+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)read.c	3.4	2004/05/07	*/
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
 #include "hack.h"
 
-/* KMH -- Copied from pray.c; this really belongs in a header file */
-#define DEVOUT 14
-#define STRIDENT 4
-
 #define Your_Own_Role(mndx) \
 	((mndx) == urole.malenum || \
 	 (urole.femalenum != NON_PM && (mndx) == urole.femalenum))
@@ -799,7 +795,10 @@ register struct obj	*sobj;
 			known = TRUE;
 		} else {	/* armor and scroll both cursed */
 		    pline("%s.", Yobjnam2(otmp, "vibrate"));
-		    if (otmp->spe >= -6) otmp->spe--;
+		    if (otmp->spe >= -6) {
+			otmp->spe += -1;
+			adj_abon(otmp, -1);
+		    }
 		    make_stunned(HStun + rn1(10, 10), TRUE);
 		}
 	    }