diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/airlock_painter.dm b/code/game/objects/items/airlock_painter.dm
index a7a17de8814..c5bd01c196d 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/airlock_painter.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/airlock_painter.dm
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@
 
 /datum/asset/spritesheet/decals
 	name = "floor_decals"
-	cross_round_cachable = TRUE
 
 	/// The floor icon used for blend_preview_floor()
 	var/preview_floor_icon = 'icons/turf/floors.dmi'
diff --git a/code/modules/asset_cache/asset_list.dm b/code/modules/asset_cache/asset_list.dm
index 52ed5932a70..8512c253bb0 100644
--- a/code/modules/asset_cache/asset_list.dm
+++ b/code/modules/asset_cache/asset_list.dm
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(asset_datums)
 	/// Whether or not this asset can be cached across rounds of the same commit under the `CACHE_ASSETS` config.
 	/// This is not a *guarantee* the asset will be cached. Not all asset subtypes respect this field, and the
 	/// config can, of course, be disabled.
+	/// Disable this if your asset can change between rounds on the same exact version of the code.
 	var/cross_round_cachable = FALSE
 
 /datum/asset/New()
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(asset_datums)
 
 /datum/asset/spritesheet
 	_abstract = /datum/asset/spritesheet
+	cross_round_cachable = TRUE
 	var/name
 	/// List of arguments to pass into queuedInsert
 	/// Exists so we can queue icon insertion, mostly for stuff like preferences
@@ -145,6 +147,9 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(asset_datums)
 	/// If this asset should be fully loaded on new
 	/// Defaults to false so we can process this stuff nicely
 	var/load_immediately = FALSE
+	VAR_PRIVATE
+		// Kept in state so that the result is the same, even when the files are created, for this run
+		should_refresh = null
 
 /datum/asset/spritesheet/proc/should_load_immediately()
 #ifdef DO_NOT_DEFER_ASSETS
@@ -158,9 +163,6 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(asset_datums)
 	if (..())
 		return TRUE
 
-	// Static so that the result is the same, even when the files are created, for this run
-	var/static/should_refresh = null
-
 	if (isnull(should_refresh))
 		// `fexists` seems to always fail on static-time
 		should_refresh = !fexists("[ASSET_CROSS_ROUND_CACHE_DIRECTORY]/spritesheet.[name].css")
diff --git a/code/modules/asset_cache/assets/emojipedia.dm b/code/modules/asset_cache/assets/emojipedia.dm
index 2197f1bff22..200e3770ff4 100644
--- a/code/modules/asset_cache/assets/emojipedia.dm
+++ b/code/modules/asset_cache/assets/emojipedia.dm
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 /datum/asset/spritesheet/emojipedia
 	name = "emojipedia"
-	cross_round_cachable = TRUE // The Emoji DMI is static and doesn't change without a commit mis-match.
 
 /datum/asset/spritesheet/emojipedia/create_spritesheets()
 	InsertAll("", EMOJI_SET)
-
diff --git a/code/modules/client/preferences/assets.dm b/code/modules/client/preferences/assets.dm
index 6fa29b9f90f..a75178cc3e1 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/preferences/assets.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/preferences/assets.dm
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 /datum/asset/spritesheet/preferences
 	name = "preferences"
 	early = TRUE
-	cross_round_cachable = TRUE
 
 /datum/asset/spritesheet/preferences/create_spritesheets()
 	var/list/to_insert = list()
diff --git a/code/modules/client/preferences/middleware/antags.dm b/code/modules/client/preferences/middleware/antags.dm
index 52593aad912..3ed69267d75 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/preferences/middleware/antags.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/preferences/middleware/antags.dm
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@
 /datum/asset/spritesheet/antagonists
 	name = "antagonists"
 	early = TRUE
-	cross_round_cachable = TRUE
 
 	/// Mapping of spritesheet keys -> icons
 	var/list/antag_icons = list()
diff --git a/code/modules/client/preferences/middleware/species.dm b/code/modules/client/preferences/middleware/species.dm
index 16954cf8bf7..b8c5e000680 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/preferences/middleware/species.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/preferences/middleware/species.dm
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 /datum/asset/spritesheet/species
 	name = "species"
 	early = TRUE
-	cross_round_cachable = TRUE
 
 /datum/asset/spritesheet/species/create_spritesheets()
 	var/list/to_insert = list()