diff --git a/js/003-data/gameVariableData.js b/js/003-data/gameVariableData.js
index 7dab5148c30bd83988242a131e5844f9f5e205c4..207fddc4451aa4dbd20dc43dada88b15f1d5fa72 100644
--- a/js/003-data/gameVariableData.js
+++ b/js/003-data/gameVariableData.js
@@ -799,7 +799,6 @@ App.Data.resetOnNGPlus = {
 	propOutcome: 0,
 	EliteSires: [],
 	raped: -1,
-	foodCrisis: 1,
 	missingParentID: -10000,
 	/* animalParts: 0,*/
 	pregSpeedControl: 0,
diff --git a/src/data/backwardsCompatibility/backwardsCompatibility.js b/src/data/backwardsCompatibility/backwardsCompatibility.js
index 9e0232e3971d6588a96fc65a6f6967951022c514..3b553724ee80d8668ae86a128255bfc16cb788f5 100644
--- a/src/data/backwardsCompatibility/backwardsCompatibility.js
+++ b/src/data/backwardsCompatibility/backwardsCompatibility.js
@@ -360,6 +360,10 @@ App.Update.globalVariables = function(node) {
 		delete V.killChoice;
 	}
 
+	if (V.foodCrisis) {
+		delete V.foodCrisis;
+	}
+
 	App.SecExp.generalBC();
 	App.SF.BC();