diff --git a/code/game/machinery/recycler.dm b/code/game/machinery/recycler.dm
index 0f6002c9725..2ee22338d0e 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/recycler.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/recycler.dm
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@
 	default_unfasten_wrench(user, tool)
 	return ITEM_INTERACT_SUCCESS
 
+/obj/machinery/recycler/can_be_unfasten_wrench(mob/user, silent)
+	if(!(isfloorturf(loc) || isindestructiblefloor(loc)) && !anchored)
+		to_chat(user, span_warning("[src] needs to be on the floor to be secured!"))
+		return FAILED_UNFASTEN
+	return SUCCESSFUL_UNFASTEN
+
 /obj/machinery/recycler/attackby(obj/item/I, mob/user, params)
 	if(default_deconstruction_screwdriver(user, "grinder-oOpen", "grinder-o0", I))
 		return
diff --git a/code/game/objects/objs.dm b/code/game/objects/objs.dm
index 91f1ca925ab..cb57c5049bb 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/objs.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/objs.dm
@@ -373,6 +373,8 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(objects_by_id_tag)
 
 /// If we can unwrench this object; returns SUCCESSFUL_UNFASTEN and FAILED_UNFASTEN, which are both TRUE, or CANT_UNFASTEN, which isn't.
 /obj/proc/can_be_unfasten_wrench(mob/user, silent)
+	if(obj_flags & NO_DECONSTRUCTION)
+		return CANT_UNFASTEN
 	if(!(isfloorturf(loc) || isindestructiblefloor(loc)) && !anchored)
 		to_chat(user, span_warning("[src] needs to be on the floor to be secured!"))
 		return FAILED_UNFASTEN
@@ -380,7 +382,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(objects_by_id_tag)
 
 /// Try to unwrench an object in a WONDERFUL DYNAMIC WAY
 /obj/proc/default_unfasten_wrench(mob/user, obj/item/wrench, time = 20)
-	if((obj_flags & NO_DECONSTRUCTION) || wrench.tool_behaviour != TOOL_WRENCH)
+	if(wrench.tool_behaviour != TOOL_WRENCH)
 		return CANT_UNFASTEN
 
 	var/turf/ground = get_turf(src)