diff --git a/src/saveload/saveload.h b/src/saveload/saveload.h
index d1aac9dc58..5e94b70fe0 100644
--- a/src/saveload/saveload.h
+++ b/src/saveload/saveload.h
@@ -696,9 +696,6 @@ enum VarTypes : uint16_t {
 	SLE_VAR_NAME  = 14 << 4, ///< old custom name to be converted to a string pointer
 	/* 1 more possible memory-primitives */
 
-	/* Shortcut values */
-	SLE_VAR_CHAR = SLE_VAR_I8,
-
 	/* Default combinations of variables. As savegames change, so can variables
 	 * and thus it is possible that the saved value and internal size do not
 	 * match and you need to specify custom combo. The defaults are listed here */
@@ -711,7 +708,6 @@ enum VarTypes : uint16_t {
 	SLE_UINT32       = SLE_FILE_U32 | SLE_VAR_U32,
 	SLE_INT64        = SLE_FILE_I64 | SLE_VAR_I64,
 	SLE_UINT64       = SLE_FILE_U64 | SLE_VAR_U64,
-	SLE_CHAR         = SLE_FILE_I8  | SLE_VAR_CHAR,
 	SLE_STRINGID     = SLE_FILE_STRINGID | SLE_VAR_U32,
 	SLE_STRING       = SLE_FILE_STRING   | SLE_VAR_STR,
 	SLE_STRINGQUOTE  = SLE_FILE_STRING   | SLE_VAR_STRQ,
diff --git a/src/script/script_instance.cpp b/src/script/script_instance.cpp
index faaaa1008d..c8b5d7dd3c 100644
--- a/src/script/script_instance.cpp
+++ b/src/script/script_instance.cpp
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ static const SaveLoad _script_byte[] = {
 			if (!test) {
 				_script_sl_byte = (uint8_t)len;
 				SlObject(nullptr, _script_byte);
-				SlCopy(const_cast<char *>(view.data()), len, SLE_CHAR);
+				SlCopy(const_cast<char *>(view.data()), len, SLE_INT8);
 			}
 			return true;
 		}
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ bool ScriptInstance::IsPaused()
 		case SQSL_STRING: {
 			SlObject(nullptr, _script_byte);
 			static char buf[std::numeric_limits<decltype(_script_sl_byte)>::max()];
-			SlCopy(buf, _script_sl_byte, SLE_CHAR);
+			SlCopy(buf, _script_sl_byte, SLE_INT8);
 			if (data != nullptr) data->push_back(StrMakeValid(std::string_view(buf, _script_sl_byte)));
 			return true;
 		}