diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/fgprofilesynthesis.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/fgprofilesynthesis.cpp
index 4c1d6a72c2bd37..9ab3cf0001f90e 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/fgprofilesynthesis.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/fgprofilesynthesis.cpp
@@ -1039,29 +1039,28 @@ void ProfileSynthesis::AssignInputWeights(ProfileSynthesisOption option)
 
     // Determine input weight for EH regions, if any.
     //
-    weight_t exceptionScaleFactor = exceptionScale;
+    weight_t ehWeight = exceptionWeight;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-    if (JitConfig.JitSynthesisExceptionScale() != nullptr)
+    if (JitConfig.JitSynthesisExceptionWeight() != nullptr)
     {
-        ConfigDoubleArray JitSynthesisExceptionScaleArray;
-        JitSynthesisExceptionScaleArray.EnsureInit(JitConfig.JitSynthesisExceptionScale());
-        weight_t newFactor = JitSynthesisExceptionScaleArray.GetData()[0];
+        ConfigDoubleArray JitSynthesisExceptionWeightArray;
+        JitSynthesisExceptionWeightArray.EnsureInit(JitConfig.JitSynthesisExceptionWeight());
+        weight_t newFactor = JitSynthesisExceptionWeightArray.GetData()[0];
 
         if ((newFactor >= 0) && (newFactor <= 1.0))
         {
-            exceptionScaleFactor = newFactor;
+            ehWeight = newFactor;
         }
     }
 #endif
 
-    JITDUMP("Synthesis: exception scale factor " FMT_WT "\n", exceptionScaleFactor);
-    const weight_t ehWeight = entryWeight * exceptionScaleFactor;
+    JITDUMP("Synthesis: exception weight " FMT_WT "\n", ehWeight);
 
     if (ehWeight != 0)
     {
-        // We can't inline methods with EH, also inlinees share the parent
-        // EH tab, so we can't rely on this being empty.
+        // We can't inline methods with EH. Inlinees share the parent
+        // EH tab, so we can't rely on the EH table being empty.
         //
         if (!m_comp->compIsForInlining())
         {
diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/fgprofilesynthesis.h b/src/coreclr/jit/fgprofilesynthesis.h
index 533c8fab2c007d..e704f291802e24 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/fgprofilesynthesis.h
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/fgprofilesynthesis.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class ProfileSynthesis
     {
     }
 
-    static constexpr weight_t exceptionScale        = 0.001;
+    static constexpr weight_t exceptionWeight       = 0.00001;
     static constexpr weight_t initialBlendFactor    = 0.05;
     static constexpr weight_t blendFactorGrowthRate = 3;
     static constexpr weight_t cappedLikelihood      = 0.999;
diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/jitconfigvalues.h b/src/coreclr/jit/jitconfigvalues.h
index b59e953839e501..23bfec85efd5be 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/jitconfigvalues.h
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/jitconfigvalues.h
@@ -719,9 +719,6 @@ CONFIG_INTEGER(JitRandomlyCollect64BitCounts, W("JitRandomlyCollect64BitCounts")
 // 3: profile synthesis for root methods, blend with existing PGO data
 CONFIG_INTEGER(JitSynthesizeCounts, W("JitSynthesizeCounts"), 0)
 
-// Check if synthesis left consistent counts
-CONFIG_INTEGER(JitCheckSynthesizedCounts, W("JitCheckSynthesizedCounts"), 0)
-
 // If instrumenting the method, run synthesis and save the synthesis results
 // as edge or block profile data. Do not actually instrument.
 CONFIG_INTEGER(JitPropagateSynthesizedCountsToProfileData, W("JitPropagateSynthesizedCountsToProfileData"), 0)
@@ -729,8 +726,8 @@ CONFIG_INTEGER(JitPropagateSynthesizedCountsToProfileData, W("JitPropagateSynthe
 // Use general (gauss-seidel) solver
 CONFIG_INTEGER(JitSynthesisUseSolver, W("JitSynthesisUseSolver"), 1)
 
-// Relative likelihood of exceptions for synthesis
-CONFIG_STRING(JitSynthesisExceptionScale, W("JitSynthesisExceptionScale"))
+// Weight for exception regions for synthesis
+CONFIG_STRING(JitSynthesisExceptionWeight, W("JitSynthesisExceptionWeight"))
 
 // Devirtualize virtual calls with getExactClasses (NativeAOT only for now)
 RELEASE_CONFIG_INTEGER(JitEnableExactDevirtualization, W("JitEnableExactDevirtualization"), 1)