diff --git a/code/datums/antagonists/datum_clockcult.dm b/code/datums/antagonists/datum_clockcult.dm
index 76833dffb27..8bca420cb6a 100644
--- a/code/datums/antagonists/datum_clockcult.dm
+++ b/code/datums/antagonists/datum_clockcult.dm
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 		ticker.mode.servants_of_ratvar -= owner.mind
 		ticker.mode.update_servant_icons_removed(owner.mind)
 	if(owner.mind)
-		owner.mind.memory = "" //Not sure if there's a better way to do this
+		owner.mind.wipe_memory()
 		owner.mind.special_role = null
 	owner.attack_log += "\[[time_stamp()]\] <span class='brass'>Has renounced the cult of Ratvar!</span>"
 	if(iscyborg(owner))
diff --git a/code/datums/antagonists/datum_cult.dm b/code/datums/antagonists/datum_cult.dm
index 5ceae624c7b..60dd293581b 100644
--- a/code/datums/antagonists/datum_cult.dm
+++ b/code/datums/antagonists/datum_cult.dm
@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@
 	..()
 
 /datum/antagonist/cultist/on_remove()
-	if(ticker && ticker.mode && owner.mind)
-		ticker.mode.cult -= owner.mind
-		ticker.mode.update_cult_icons_removed(owner.mind)
+	if(owner.mind)
+		owner.mind.wipe_memory()
+		if(ticker && ticker.mode)
+			ticker.mode.cult -= owner.mind
+			ticker.mode.update_cult_icons_removed(owner.mind)
 	owner << "<span class='userdanger'>An unfamiliar white light flashes through your mind, cleansing the taint of the Dark One and all your memories as its servant.</span>"
-	owner.memory = ""
 	owner.attack_log += "\[[time_stamp()]\] <span class='cult'>Has renounced the cult of Nar'Sie!</span>"
 	if(!silent_update)
 		owner.visible_message("<span class='big'>[owner] looks like they just reverted to their old faith!</span>")
diff --git a/code/datums/mind.dm b/code/datums/mind.dm
index 5ca6446a0a0..7d12dd05993 100644
--- a/code/datums/mind.dm
+++ b/code/datums/mind.dm
@@ -1364,9 +1364,7 @@
 		else
 			var/explanation = "Summon Nar-Sie via the use of the appropriate rune (Hell join self). It will only work if nine cultists stand on and around it."
 			current << "<B>Objective #1</B>: [explanation]"
-			current.memory += "<B>Objective #1</B>: [explanation]<BR>"
-			current << "The convert rune is join blood self"
-			current.memory += "The convert rune is join blood self<BR>"
+			memory += "<B>Objective #1</B>: [explanation]<BR>"
 
 	var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = current
 	if (!ticker.mode.equip_cultist(current))
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/mob.dm b/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
index 16e9bd9ae77..e6a735b39a9 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ var/next_mob_id = 0
 	if(mind)
 		mind.show_memory(src)
 	else
-		src << "The game appears to have misplaced your mind datum, so we can't show you your notes."
+		src << "You don't have a mind datum for some reason, so you can't look at your notes, if you had any."
 
 /mob/verb/add_memory(msg as message)
 	set name = "Add Note"
@@ -430,21 +430,7 @@ var/next_mob_id = 0
 	if(mind)
 		mind.store_memory(msg)
 	else
-		src << "The game appears to have misplaced your mind datum, so we can't show you your notes."
-
-/mob/proc/store_memory(msg as message, popup, sane = 1)
-	msg = copytext(msg, 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN)
-
-	if (sane)
-		msg = sanitize(msg)
-
-	if (length(memory) == 0)
-		memory += msg
-	else
-		memory += "<BR>[msg]"
-
-	if (popup)
-		memory()
+		src << "You don't have a mind datum for some reason, so you can't add a note to it."
 
 /mob/verb/abandon_mob()
 	set name = "Respawn"
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/mob_defines.dm b/code/modules/mob/mob_defines.dm
index ee73870dfd0..de84e2491a8 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/mob_defines.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/mob_defines.dm
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 	var/attack_log = list( )
 	var/obj/machinery/machine = null
 	var/other_mobs = null
-	var/memory = ""
 	var/disabilities = 0	//Carbon
 
 	var/atom/movable/pulling = null