diff --git a/data/SH_data/weapon_specials/knockback.cfg b/data/SH_data/weapon_specials/knockback.cfg
index c81fa65fe..a4761bf0b 100644
--- a/data/SH_data/weapon_specials/knockback.cfg
+++ b/data/SH_data/weapon_specials/knockback.cfg
@@ -33,88 +33,7 @@
         [/variable]
 
         [then]
-            [if]
-                [have_unit]
-                    x,y=$x1,$y1
-                    [filter_adjacent]
-                        x,y=$x2,$y2
-                        adjacent=n
-                    [/filter_adjacent]
-                [/have_unit]
-                [then]
-                    {VARIABLE knockback_direction n}
-                [/then]
-                [else]
-                    [if]
-                        [have_unit]
-                            x,y=$x1,$y1
-                            [filter_adjacent]
-                                x,y=$x2,$y2
-                                adjacent=ne
-                            [/filter_adjacent]
-                        [/have_unit]
-                        [then]
-                            {VARIABLE knockback_direction ne}
-                        [/then]
-                        [else]
-                            [if]
-                                [have_unit]
-                                    x,y=$x1,$y1
-                                    [filter_adjacent]
-                                        x,y=$x2,$y2
-                                        adjacent=se
-                                    [/filter_adjacent]
-                                [/have_unit]
-                                [then]
-                                    {VARIABLE knockback_direction se}
-                                [/then]
-                                [else]
-                                    [if]
-                                        [have_unit]
-                                            x,y=$x1,$y1
-                                            [filter_adjacent]
-                                                x,y=$x2,$y2
-                                                adjacent=s
-                                            [/filter_adjacent]
-                                        [/have_unit]
-                                        [then]
-                                            {VARIABLE knockback_direction s}
-                                        [/then]
-                                        [else]
-                                            [if]
-                                                [have_unit]
-                                                    x,y=$x1,$y1
-                                                    [filter_adjacent]
-                                                        x,y=$x2,$y2
-                                                        adjacent=sw
-                                                    [/filter_adjacent]
-                                                [/have_unit]
-                                                [then]
-                                                    {VARIABLE knockback_direction sw}
-                                                [/then]
-                                                [else]
-                                                    [if]
-                                                        [have_unit]
-                                                            x,y=$x1,$y1
-                                                            [filter_adjacent]
-                                                                x,y=$x2,$y2
-                                                                adjacent=nw
-                                                            [/filter_adjacent]
-                                                        [/have_unit]
-                                                        [then]
-                                                            {VARIABLE knockback_direction nw}
-                                                        [/then]
-                                                    [/if]
-                                                [/else]
-                                            [/if]
-                                        [/else]
-                                    [/if]
-                                [/else]
-                            [/if]
-                        [/else]
-                    [/if]
-                [/else]
-            [/if]
+            {VARIABLE knockback_direction "$(relative_dir(loc($unit.x,$unit.y), loc($second_unit.x,$second_unit.y)))"}
 
             [store_locations]
                 [not]