diff --git a/unicodetools/src/main/java/org/unicode/text/UCA/PrimariesToFractional.java b/unicodetools/src/main/java/org/unicode/text/UCA/PrimariesToFractional.java
index 34ef90337..334f35fa6 100644
--- a/unicodetools/src/main/java/org/unicode/text/UCA/PrimariesToFractional.java
+++ b/unicodetools/src/main/java/org/unicode/text/UCA/PrimariesToFractional.java
@@ -724,11 +724,11 @@ public PrimariesToFractional(UCA uca) {
         setOptionsForScript(UCD_Types.Vithkuqi).noTwoBytePrimariesIfVariants();
         // Extinct script, use three-byte primaries for the few characters with variants.
         setOptionsForScript(UCD_Types.Elymaic).noTwoBytePrimariesIfVariants();
-        // Large Excluded Script, minimal gaps.
-        setOptionsForScript(UCD_Types.Egyptian_Hieroglyphs).newByte().minimalGap3();
+        // Minor script, avoid lead byte overflow.
+        setOptionsForScript(UCD_Types.Egyptian_Hieroglyphs).newByte();
         // Register the scripts as aliases.
         setOptionsForScripts(UCD_Types.Meroitic_Cursive, UCD_Types.Meroitic_Hieroglyphs);
-        // Large Excluded Script, minimal gaps.
+        // Larged Excluded Script, minimal gaps.
         setOptionsForScripts(UCD_Types.Tangut).minimalGap3();
         // Han uses many lead bytes, so that tailoring tens of thousands of characters
         // can use many two-byte primaries.