diff --git a/code/datums/components/riding/riding.dm b/code/datums/components/riding/riding.dm
index 7ead11012b0..cfdaf605878 100644
--- a/code/datums/components/riding/riding.dm
+++ b/code/datums/components/riding/riding.dm
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 /datum/component/riding
 	dupe_mode = COMPONENT_DUPE_UNIQUE
 
-	var/last_move_diagonal = FALSE
 	///tick delay between movements, lower = faster, higher = slower
 	var/vehicle_move_delay = 2
 
diff --git a/code/datums/components/riding/riding_mob.dm b/code/datums/components/riding/riding_mob.dm
index 50201721e3c..96d54ad92f1 100644
--- a/code/datums/components/riding/riding_mob.dm
+++ b/code/datums/components/riding/riding_mob.dm
@@ -105,9 +105,7 @@
 			to_chat(user, span_warning("You need a [initial(key.name)] to ride [movable_parent]!"))
 		return COMPONENT_DRIVER_BLOCK_MOVE
 	var/mob/living/living_parent = parent
-	var/turf/next = get_step(living_parent, direction)
 	step(living_parent, direction)
-	last_move_diagonal = ((direction & (direction - 1)) && (living_parent.loc == next))
 	var/modified_move_cooldown = vehicle_move_cooldown
 	var/modified_move_delay = vehicle_move_delay
 	if(ishuman(user) && HAS_TRAIT(user, TRAIT_ROUGHRIDER)) // YEEHAW!
@@ -133,7 +131,7 @@
 			if(SANITY_LEVEL_INSANE)
 				modified_move_cooldown *= 1.2
 				modified_move_delay *= 1.2
-	COOLDOWN_START(src, vehicle_move_cooldown = modified_move_cooldown, (last_move_diagonal ? 2 : 1) * modified_move_delay)
+	COOLDOWN_START(src, vehicle_move_cooldown = modified_move_cooldown, modified_move_delay)
 	return ..()
 
 /// Yeets the rider off, used for animals and cyborgs, redefined for humans who shove their piggyback rider off
diff --git a/code/datums/components/riding/riding_vehicle.dm b/code/datums/components/riding/riding_vehicle.dm
index 5555369c67a..f7ee78673e0 100644
--- a/code/datums/components/riding/riding_vehicle.dm
+++ b/code/datums/components/riding/riding_vehicle.dm
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@
 		return
 
 	step(movable_parent, direction)
-	last_move_diagonal = ((direction & (direction - 1)) && (movable_parent.loc == next))
-	COOLDOWN_START(src, vehicle_move_cooldown, (last_move_diagonal? 2 : 1) * vehicle_move_delay)
+	COOLDOWN_START(src, vehicle_move_cooldown, vehicle_move_delay)
 
 	if(QDELETED(src))
 		return