diff --git a/packages/api/src/periods/services/period-assignments.service.ts b/packages/api/src/periods/services/period-assignments.service.ts
index b047cb8d4..5ceb23c2e 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/periods/services/period-assignments.service.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/periods/services/period-assignments.service.ts
@@ -99,16 +99,12 @@ export class PeriodAssignmentsService {
     let response;
 
     if (PRAISE_QUANTIFIERS_ASSIGN_EVENLY) {
-      // When quantifiers are assigned evenly, the quantifier pool size needed
-      // is the number of quantifiers per praise receiver plus one.
-      const quantifierPoolSizeNeeded =
-        PRAISE_QUANTIFIERS_PER_PRAISE_RECEIVER + 1;
       response = {
         quantifierPoolSize,
-        quantifierPoolSizeNeeded,
+        quantifierPoolSizeNeeded: PRAISE_QUANTIFIERS_PER_PRAISE_RECEIVER,
         quantifierPoolDeficitSize:
-          quantifierPoolSizeNeeded > quantifierPoolSize
-            ? quantifierPoolSizeNeeded - quantifierPoolSize
+          PRAISE_QUANTIFIERS_PER_PRAISE_RECEIVER > quantifierPoolSize
+            ? PRAISE_QUANTIFIERS_PER_PRAISE_RECEIVER - quantifierPoolSize
             : 0,
       };
     } else {