diff --git a/code/modules/customitems/item_defines.dm b/code/modules/customitems/item_defines.dm
index ec8d83a3cef..d28da3d3e87 100644
--- a/code/modules/customitems/item_defines.dm
+++ b/code/modules/customitems/item_defines.dm
@@ -2026,14 +2026,3 @@ All custom items with worn sprites must follow the contained sprite system: http
 	item_state = "ashkii_cloak"
 	contained_sprite = TRUE
 
-/obj/item/clothing/suit/storage/medical_chest_rig/fluff/pleig_rig
-	name = "\improper Lyukal medical rig"
-	desc = "This blue chestpiece, stylized after a traditional paramedic's chest rig, contains the iconography of the Federation Resistance, also known as the Lyukal, with \
-	the flag of the Free Traverse on the back. It is most suited to the form of a worker or warrior Vaurca."
-	icon = 'icons/obj/custom_items/pleig_rig.dmi'
-	icon_override = 'icons/obj/custom_items/pleig_rig.dmi'
-	icon_state = "pleig_rig"
-	item_state = "pleig_rig"
-	contained_sprite = TRUE
-	species_restricted = list(BODYTYPE_VAURCA)
-
diff --git a/html/changelogs/SimpleMaroon-pleigremoval.yml b/html/changelogs/SimpleMaroon-pleigremoval.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da5bad3f1d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/SimpleMaroon-pleigremoval.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+################################
+# Example Changelog File
+#
+# Note: This file, and files beginning with ".", and files that don't end in ".yml" will not be read. If you change this file, you will look really dumb.
+#
+# Your changelog will be merged with a master changelog. (New stuff added only, and only on the date entry for the day it was merged.)
+# When it is, any changes listed below will disappear.
+#
+# Valid Prefixes:
+#   bugfix
+#   wip (For works in progress)
+#   tweak
+#   soundadd
+#   sounddel
+#   rscadd (general adding of nice things)
+#   rscdel (general deleting of nice things)
+#   imageadd
+#   imagedel
+#   maptweak
+#   spellcheck (typo fixes)
+#   experiment
+#   balance
+#   admin
+#   backend
+#   security
+#   refactor
+#################################
+
+# Your name.
+author: SimpleMaroon
+
+# Optional: Remove this file after generating master changelog.  Useful for PR changelogs that won't get used again.
+delete-after: True
+
+# Any changes you've made.  See valid prefix list above.
+# INDENT WITH TWO SPACES.  NOT TABS.  SPACES.
+# SCREW THIS UP AND IT WON'T WORK.
+# Also, all entries are changed into a single [] after a master changelog generation. Just remove the brackets when you add new entries.
+# Please surround your changes in  double quotes ("), as certain characters otherwise screws up compiling. The quotes will not show up in the changelog.
+changes:
+  - rscdel: "Removes Za'Akaix'Pleig C'thur's Lyukal rig custom item."
diff --git a/icons/obj/custom_items/pleig_rig.dmi b/icons/obj/custom_items/pleig_rig.dmi
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e8cf1d6e17..00000000000
Binary files a/icons/obj/custom_items/pleig_rig.dmi and /dev/null differ