diff --git a/code/modules/admin/create_mob.dm b/code/modules/admin/create_mob.dm
index 656f0adfb7c..11ed127148b 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/create_mob.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/create_mob.dm
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@
 	H.facial_hair_color = H.hair_color
 	H.eye_color = random_eye_color()
 	H.dna.blood_type = random_blood_type()
-	H.update_icons()
\ No newline at end of file
+	H.update_body()
+	H.update_hair()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/modules/client/preferences.dm b/code/modules/client/preferences.dm
index 96c4d993072..8c058c98459 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/preferences.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/preferences.dm
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ datum/preferences
 
 					if("ghost_whispers")
 						chat_toggles ^= CHAT_GHOSTWHISPER
-					
+
 					if("ghost_radio")
 						chat_toggles ^= CHAT_GHOSTRADIO
 
@@ -889,11 +889,5 @@ datum/preferences
 			backbag = 1 //Same as above
 		character.backbag = backbag
 
-		/*
-		//Debugging report to track down a bug, which randomly assigned the plural gender to people.
-		if(character.gender in list(PLURAL, NEUTER))
-			if(isliving(src)) //Ghosts get neuter by default
-				message_admins("[character] ([character.ckey]) has spawned with their gender as plural or neuter. Please notify coders.")
-				character.gender = MALE
-		*/
-
+		character.update_body()
+		character.update_hair()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/update_icons.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/update_icons.dm
index 9139c933661..3c324b4081d 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/update_icons.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/update_icons.dm
@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@ There are several things that need to be remembered:
 		update_hair()				//Handles updating your hair overlay (used to be update_face, but mouth and
 									eyes were merged into update_body())
 
->	I repurposed an old unused variable which was in the code called (coincidentally) var/update_icon
-	It can be used as another method of triggering regenerate_icons(). It's basically a flag that when set to non-zero
-	will call regenerate_icons() at the next life() call and then reset itself to 0.
-	The idea behind it is icons are regenerated only once, even if multiple events requested it.
-	//NOTE: fairly unused, maybe this could be removed?
-
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