There is thankfully a mod for this if you want to revert it back!
Normal Half-illithid mod in the manager and nexus.

Is this about the monster hunter benchmark? I feel ya.

YES! It's fantastic!

Hell ya 1000xresist! Fantastic game!

Minthara is such a good character, worth the work to recruit her.

I've really enjoyed that mod, I hated having more than my party members in camp.