diff --git a/src/mirage_tower.c b/src/mirage_tower.c
index e2ed74a21a..bf73692a36 100644
--- a/src/mirage_tower.c
+++ b/src/mirage_tower.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static const struct OamData sOamData_CeilingCrumbleSmall =
 static const struct SpriteTemplate sSpriteTemplate_CeilingCrumbleSmall =
 {
     .tileTag = TAG_CEILING_CRUMBLE,
-    .paletteTag = TAG_NONE,
+    .paletteTag = TAG_CEILING_CRUMBLE,
     .oam = &sOamData_CeilingCrumbleSmall,
     .anims = sAnims_CeilingCrumbleSmall,
     .images = NULL,
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static const struct OamData sOamData_CeilingCrumbleLarge =
 static const struct SpriteTemplate sSpriteTemplate_CeilingCrumbleLarge =
 {
     .tileTag = TAG_CEILING_CRUMBLE,
-    .paletteTag = TAG_NONE,
+    .paletteTag = TAG_CEILING_CRUMBLE,
     .oam = &sOamData_CeilingCrumbleLarge,
     .anims = sAnims_CeilingCrumbleLarge,
     .images = NULL,
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ static void IncrementCeilingCrumbleFinishedCount(void)
 
 void DoMirageTowerCeilingCrumble(void)
 {
+    LoadSpritePaletteWithTag(sMirageTowerCrumbles_Palette, TAG_CEILING_CRUMBLE);
     LoadSpriteSheets(sCeilingCrumbleSpriteSheets);
     CreateCeilingCrumbleSprites();
     CreateTask(WaitCeilingCrumble, 8);
@@ -454,17 +455,12 @@ static void CreateCeilingCrumbleSprites(void)
     {
         spriteId = CreateSprite(&sSpriteTemplate_CeilingCrumbleLarge, sCeilingCrumblePositions[i][0] + 120, sCeilingCrumblePositions[i][1], 8);
         gSprites[spriteId].oam.priority = 0;
-        // These sprites use color index 11 from the player's sprite palette. This probably wasn't intentional.
-        // The palettes for Brendan and May have different shades of green at this index, so the color of these sprites changes
-        // depending on the player's gender (and neither shade of green particularly fits a crumbling yellow/brown ceiling).
-        gSprites[spriteId].oam.paletteNum = PALSLOT_PLAYER;
         gSprites[spriteId].sIndex = i;
     }
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_COUNT(sCeilingCrumblePositions); i++)
     {
         spriteId = CreateSprite(&sSpriteTemplate_CeilingCrumbleSmall, sCeilingCrumblePositions[i][0] + 115, sCeilingCrumblePositions[i][1] - 3, 8);
         gSprites[spriteId].oam.priority = 0;
-        gSprites[spriteId].oam.paletteNum = PALSLOT_PLAYER;
         gSprites[spriteId].sIndex = i;
     }
 }