diff --git a/flee/flee.py b/flee/flee.py
index b0f0a527..ae69a9a9 100644
--- a/flee/flee.py
+++ b/flee/flee.py
@@ -1212,20 +1212,6 @@ def set_conflict_intensity(self, name: str, conflict_intensity: float, change_mo
             self.add_conflict_zone(name, conflict_intensity, change_movechance)
             
 
-    @check_args_type
-    def pick_spawn_location(self):
-        """
-        Summary
-
-        !!! warning
-            this function is now deprecated as of ruleset 2.0.
-            Please use `pick_spawn_locations()` instead in your scripts
-
-        Returns:
-            Location: Description
-        """
-        return self.pick_spawn_locations(1)[0]
-
     @check_args_type
     def pick_spawn_locations(self, number: int = 1) -> list:
         """
@@ -1243,8 +1229,10 @@ def pick_spawn_locations(self, number: int = 1) -> list:
 
         assert spawn_weight_total > 0
 
+        wgt = self.spawn_weights / spawn_weight_total
+
         return np.random.choice(
-            self.locations, number, p=self.spawn_weights / spawn_weight_total
+            self.locations, number, p=wgt
         ).tolist()
 
 
diff --git a/flee/spawning.py b/flee/spawning.py
index a5f796ce..8850950d 100644
--- a/flee/spawning.py
+++ b/flee/spawning.py
@@ -216,10 +216,10 @@ def spawn_daily_displaced(e, t, d):
         __refugee_debt = 0
 
       #Insert refugee agents
+      locs = e.pick_spawn_locations(new_refs)
       for i in range(0, new_refs):
-        loc = e.pick_spawn_location()
-        attributes = draw_samples(e, loc)
-        e.addAgent(location=loc, attributes=attributes) # Parallelization is incorporated *inside* the addAgent function.
+        attributes = draw_samples(e, locs[i])
+        e.addAgent(location=locs[i], attributes=attributes) # Parallelization is incorporated *inside* the addAgent function.
 
     return new_refs, __refugees_raw, __refugee_debt