diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/shadowling/shadowling.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/shadowling/shadowling.dm
index 2cd6e7d9ef6..c14ad379d68 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/shadowling/shadowling.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/shadowling/shadowling.dm
@@ -233,7 +233,3 @@ Made by Xhuis
 			H.adjustToxLoss(-3)
 			H.SetWeakened(0)
 			H.SetStunned(0)
-
-/datum/species/human/thrall
-	name = "Human?" //Can discern from a health analyzer; one of the few ways of finding thralls. Fluff-wise, it's close enough to human to give it that assumption, but altered in some ways
-	id = "thrall"
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/shadowling/shadowling_abilities.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/shadowling/shadowling_abilities.dm
index 79028097a94..baf3d70c4b2 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/shadowling/shadowling_abilities.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/shadowling/shadowling_abilities.dm
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@
 		target.adjustOxyLoss(-200) //In case the shadowling was choking them out
 		ticker.mode.add_thrall(target.mind)
 		target.mind.special_role = "Thrall"
-		hardset_dna(target, null, null, null, null, /datum/species/human/thrall)
 		var/datum/mind/thrall_mind = target.mind
 		thrall_mind.spell_list += new /obj/effect/proc_holder/spell/targeted/shadowling_hivemind //Lets thralls hive-chat
 
@@ -507,7 +506,6 @@ datum/reagent/shadowling_blindness_smoke/on_mob_life(var/mob/living/M as mob)
 		target << "<span class='deadsay'>You can communicate with the other enlightened ones by using the Hivemind Commune ability.</span>"
 		ticker.mode.add_thrall(target.mind)
 		target.mind.special_role = "Thrall"
-		hardset_dna(target, null, null, null, null, /datum/species/human/thrall)
 		var/datum/mind/thrall_mind = target.mind
 		thrall_mind.spell_list += new /obj/effect/proc_holder/spell/targeted/shadowling_hivemind