diff --git a/packages/tonal/test/tonal.test.mjs b/packages/tonal/test/tonal.test.mjs
index a6cdae391..ec944b339 100644
--- a/packages/tonal/test/tonal.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/tonal/test/tonal.test.mjs
@@ -30,18 +30,6 @@ describe('tonal', () => {
         .firstCycleValues.map((h) => h.note),
     ).toEqual(['C3', 'D3', 'E3']);
   });
-  it('scale with n and note values', () => {
-    expect(
-      n(0, 1, 2)
-        .note(3, 4, 0)
-        .scale('C major')
-        .firstCycleValues.map((h) => [h.n, h.note]),
-    ).toEqual([
-      [0, 'F3'],
-      [1, 'G3'],
-      [2, 'C3'],
-    ]);
-  });
   it('scale with colon', () => {
     expect(
       n(0, 1, 2)
diff --git a/packages/tonal/tonal.mjs b/packages/tonal/tonal.mjs
index 2a7f64a8f..27f993bae 100644
--- a/packages/tonal/tonal.mjs
+++ b/packages/tonal/tonal.mjs
@@ -199,14 +199,9 @@ export const scale = register(
       pat
         .fmap((value) => {
           const isObject = typeof value === 'object';
-          let step = value;
+          let step = isObject ? value.n : value;
           if (isObject) {
-            if (typeof value.note !== 'undefined') {
-              step = value.note;
-            } else {
-              step = value.n;
-              delete value.n; // remove n so it won't cause trouble
-            }
+            delete value.n;
           }
           if (isNote(step)) {
             // legacy..