diff --git a/code/datums/status_effects/debuffs/slime/slime_food.dm b/code/datums/status_effects/debuffs/slime/slime_food.dm
index aa711bb878f..538e62e27c5 100644
--- a/code/datums/status_effects/debuffs/slime/slime_food.dm
+++ b/code/datums/status_effects/debuffs/slime/slime_food.dm
@@ -54,12 +54,3 @@
 
 /datum/status_effect/slime_food/on_remove()
 	feeder = null
-
-/datum/status_effect/slime_food/update_particles()
-	if(particle_effect)
-		return
-
-	particle_effect = new(owner, /particles/pollen)
-
-	//particle coloured like the "pheromones" of the feeder
-	particle_effect.particles.color = "[feeder.chat_color]a0"
diff --git a/code/datums/status_effects/debuffs/slime/slimed.dm b/code/datums/status_effects/debuffs/slime/slimed.dm
index 6c2c0fb5be3..2540c4df513 100644
--- a/code/datums/status_effects/debuffs/slime/slimed.dm
+++ b/code/datums/status_effects/debuffs/slime/slimed.dm
@@ -101,17 +101,6 @@
 		))
 		to_chat(owner, span_userdanger("[feedback_text] as the layer of slime eats away at you!"))
 
-/datum/status_effect/slimed/update_particles()
-	if(particle_effect)
-		return
-
-	// taste the rainbow
-	var/particle_type = rainbow ? /particles/slime/rainbow : /particles/slime
-	particle_effect = new(owner, particle_type)
-
-	if(!rainbow)
-		particle_effect.particles.color = "[slime_color]a0"
-
 /datum/status_effect/slimed/get_examine_text()
 	return span_warning("[owner.p_They()] [owner.p_are()] covered in bubbling slime!")