diff --git a/code/modules/admin/IsBanned.dm b/code/modules/admin/IsBanned.dm
index 938c47e27f6..c045789ef1a 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/IsBanned.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/IsBanned.dm
@@ -94,23 +94,7 @@
 				[expires]"}
 				log_suspicious_login("Failed Login: [key] [computer_id] [address] - Banned (#[i["id"]])")
 				return list("reason"="Banned","desc"="[desc]")
-	if (admin)
-		if (GLOB.directory[ckey])
-			return
 
-		//oh boy, so basically, because of a bug in byond, sometimes stickyban matches don't trigger here, so we can't exempt admins.
-		// Whitelisting the ckey with the byond whitelist field doesn't work.
-		// So we instead have to remove every stickyban than later re-add them.
-		if (!length(GLOB.stickybanadminexemptions))
-			for (var/banned_ckey in world.GetConfig("ban"))
-				GLOB.stickybanadmintexts[banned_ckey] = world.GetConfig("ban", banned_ckey)
-				world.SetConfig("ban", banned_ckey, null)
-		if (!SSstickyban.initialized)
-			return
-		GLOB.stickybanadminexemptions[ckey] = world.time
-		stoplag() // sleep a byond tick
-		GLOB.stickbanadminexemptiontimerid = addtimer(CALLBACK(GLOBAL_PROC, /proc/restore_stickybans), 5 SECONDS, TIMER_STOPPABLE|TIMER_UNIQUE|TIMER_OVERRIDE)
-		return
 	var/list/ban = ..() //default pager ban stuff
 
 	if (ban)