diff --git a/code/modules/admin/view_variables/reference_tracking.dm b/code/modules/admin/view_variables/reference_tracking.dm
index bd8ce48a43f..a8c9946c2d2 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/view_variables/reference_tracking.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/view_variables/reference_tracking.dm
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(deletion_failures)
 	set name = "Find References"
 	set src in world
 
-	find_references(FALSE)
+	find_references_legacy(FALSE)
 
 
 /datum/proc/find_references_legacy(skip_alert)
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(deletion_failures)
 
 	qdel(src, TRUE) //force a qdel
 	if(!running_find_references)
-		find_references(TRUE)
+		find_references_legacy(TRUE)
 
 
 /datum/verb/qdel_then_if_fail_find_references()