diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/automation/Automation.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/automation/Automation.kt
index f945dcda05..e9e85f2072 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/automation/Automation.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/automation/Automation.kt
@@ -105,11 +105,12 @@ object Automation {
                 yieldStats.food += growthFood * (foodBaseWeight / 4)
         } else {
             // NoFocus or Food/Growth Focus.
-            // When Happy, EmperorPenguin has run sims comparing weights
-            // 1.5f is preferred,
-            // but 2 provides more protection against badly configured personalities
-            // If unhappy, see above
-            val growthFoodScaling = if (city.civ.getHappiness() >= 0) foodBaseWeight * 2 else foodBaseWeight / 4
+            // When Happy, 2 production is better than 1 growth,
+            // but setting such by default worsens AI civ citizen assignment,
+            // probably due to badly configured personalities not properly weighing food vs non-food yields
+            val growthFoodScaling = if (city.civ.getHappiness() > 0) foodBaseWeight * 2 
+                else if (city.civ.getHappiness() < 8) foodBaseWeight * 0 
+                else foodBaseWeight / 4
             yieldStats.food += growthFood * growthFoodScaling
         }