  We elaborate on the recent work of Moritz et. al. where it is argued that
anti-brane uplifting in KKLT models never leads to dS vacua. This is due to
flattening effects in the effective potential found when treating the gaugino
condensate energy momentum in ten-dimensional supergravity. We point out that
the Silverstein-Saltman uplift, which effectively dissolves the anti-brane in
3-form fluxes, is a conceptually simpler setting in which flattening effects
can be present, without requiring assumptions about UV/IR mixings. Along the
way we revise and improve on the arguments of Moritz et. al. and discuss
various subleties when studying gaugino condensates from a ten-dimensional
point-of-view. In particular, the "no dS" argument is slightly weaker and we
emphasize a technical loophole that might allow dS vacua. Finally we suggest
that AdS vacua which are parametrically controlled from these flattening
effects belong to the Swampland. We comment on the relation with the recent
refined dS Swampland inequalities.
