diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/atoms.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/atoms.dm
index 6a2e81e125c..abaf835542e 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/atoms.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/atoms.dm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var/datum/subsystem/atoms/SSatoms
 
-#define INITIALIZATION_INSSOBJ 0	//New should not call Initialize
+#define INITIALIZATION_INSSATOMS 0	//New should not call Initialize
 #define INITIALIZATION_INNEW_MAPLOAD 1	//New should call Initialize(TRUE)
 #define INITIALIZATION_INNEW_REGULAR 2	//New should call Initialize(FALSE)
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var/datum/subsystem/atoms/SSatoms
 	init_order = 11
 	flags = SS_NO_FIRE
 
-	var/initialized = INITIALIZATION_INSSOBJ
+	var/initialized = INITIALIZATION_INSSATOMS
 	var/old_initialized
 
 /datum/subsystem/atoms/New()
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var/datum/subsystem/atoms/SSatoms
 	return ..()
 
 /datum/subsystem/atoms/proc/InitializeAtoms(list/atoms = null)
-	if(initialized == INITIALIZATION_INSSOBJ)
+	if(initialized == INITIALIZATION_INSSATOMS)
 		return
 
 	var/list/late_loaders
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ var/datum/subsystem/atoms/SSatoms
 
 /datum/subsystem/atoms/proc/map_loader_begin()
 	old_initialized = initialized
-	initialized = INITIALIZATION_INSSOBJ
+	initialized = INITIALIZATION_INSSATOMS
 
 /datum/subsystem/atoms/proc/map_loader_stop()
 	initialized = old_initialized
diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/objects.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/objects.dm
index 8d262bdc5cc..95e7ee11650 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/objects.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/processing/objects.dm
@@ -1,16 +1,9 @@
 var/datum/subsystem/objects/SSobj
-
-#define INITIALIZATION_INSSOBJ 0	//New should not call Initialize
-#define INITIALIZATION_INNEW_MAPLOAD 1	//New should call Initialize(TRUE)
-#define INITIALIZATION_INNEW_REGULAR 2	//New should call Initialize(FALSE)
-
 /datum/subsystem/objects
 	name = "Objects"
 	priority = 40
 	flags = SS_NO_INIT
 
-	var/initialized = INITIALIZATION_INSSOBJ
-	var/old_initialized
 	var/list/processing = list()
 	var/list/currentrun = list()
 
diff --git a/code/game/atoms.dm b/code/game/atoms.dm
index fbf573f5d79..323a599db40 100644
--- a/code/game/atoms.dm
+++ b/code/game/atoms.dm
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 		light = new(src)
 
 	var/do_initialize = SSatoms.initialized
-	if(do_initialize > INITIALIZATION_INSSOBJ)
+	if(do_initialize > INITIALIZATION_INSSATOMS)
 		args[1] = do_initialize == INITIALIZATION_INNEW_MAPLOAD
 		Initialize(arglist(args))
 	//. = ..() //uncomment if you are dumb enough to add a /datum/New() proc