diff --git a/data/json/items/ammo_types.json b/data/json/items/ammo_types.json
index afa582ad691b..f2f336557e01 100644
--- a/data/json/items/ammo_types.json
+++ b/data/json/items/ammo_types.json
@@ -65,12 +65,6 @@
     "name": "rocks",
     "default": "rock"
   },
-  {
-    "type": "ammunition_type",
-    "id": "rag",
-    "name": "rags",
-    "default": "rag"
-  },
   {
     "type": "ammunition_type",
     "id": "shot",
diff --git a/data/json/items/generic.json b/data/json/items/generic.json
index 67ddfdb379e8..c0cad02c0d0c 100644
--- a/data/json/items/generic.json
+++ b/data/json/items/generic.json
@@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@
   },
   {
     "id": "rag",
-    "type": "AMMO",
+    "type": "GENERIC",
     "name": { "str": "rag" },
     "description": "This is a largish piece of cloth, useful in crafting and possibly for staunching bleeding.",
     "copy-from": "rag_abstract",
diff --git a/data/mods/Item_Category_Overhaul/overwrite_scrap.json b/data/mods/Item_Category_Overhaul/overwrite_scrap.json
index fd668bb94dfb..26a5df4b8357 100644
--- a/data/mods/Item_Category_Overhaul/overwrite_scrap.json
+++ b/data/mods/Item_Category_Overhaul/overwrite_scrap.json
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
   },
   {
     "id": "rag",
-    "type": "AMMO",
+    "type": "GENERIC",
     "name": { "str": "rag" },
     "copy-from": "rag",
     "category": "scrap_fabric"