diff --git a/crates/render_anim/src/occupancy/dyn_ent_phys.rs b/crates/render_anim/src/occupancy/dyn_ent_phys.rs
index c8bdc82..32ca162 100644
--- a/crates/render_anim/src/occupancy/dyn_ent_phys.rs
+++ b/crates/render_anim/src/occupancy/dyn_ent_phys.rs
@@ -202,14 +202,12 @@ fn integrate_body(body: &mut DynEntPhysBody, clip: &ClipCollision, dt: f32) {
         CONTENTS_SOLID,
     );
     if hit.allsolid || hit.startsolid {
+        // The hull is the model's whole bounds (a potted plant's leaves with it), so a prop where
+        // the map placed it can already overlap a wall, pillar or shelf. Lifting it out a unit a
+        // step floated such props up until the hull cleared the obstacle, where they fell asleep
+        // in the air; the map's placement stands instead and the prop settles where it is.
         body.vel = Vec3::ZERO;
         body.on_ground = true;
-        let lift = if body.mins[2] < 0.0 {
-            -body.mins[2]
-        } else {
-            1.0
-        };
-        body.origin.z += lift;
         return;
     }
     if hit.fraction < 1.0 {
diff --git a/crates/render_frontend/src/adapters/anim/dyn_ent_wake.rs b/crates/render_frontend/src/adapters/anim/dyn_ent_wake.rs
index 8ac25ad..027bc13 100644
--- a/crates/render_frontend/src/adapters/anim/dyn_ent_wake.rs
+++ b/crates/render_frontend/src/adapters/anim/dyn_ent_wake.rs
@@ -862,7 +862,10 @@ pub(crate) fn wake_player_overlap(
     let maxs = origin + PLAYER_MAXS;
     let catalog = catalog.as_deref();
     for (entity, inst, transform) in &instances {
-        if world.is_awake(entity) {
+        // Walking past moves clutter (cans, bottles, luggage) only: a breakable prop's sphere
+        // takes in a potted plant's leaves, so walking near one pushed the pot along at the
+        // player's speed. Bullets and explosions still move them.
+        if inst.ty != asset_world::DynEntType::Clutter || world.is_awake(entity) {
             continue;
         }
         let Some(preset) = can_wake(inst) else {