diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/spawners/random/maintenance.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/spawners/random/maintenance.dm
index 38f8af6a902..997c3bb1f0c 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/spawners/random/maintenance.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/spawners/random/maintenance.dm
@@ -2,15 +2,13 @@
 	name = "maintenance loot spawner"
 	desc = "Come on Lady Luck, spawn me a pair of sunglasses."
 	icon_state = "loot"
+	remove_if_cant_spawn = FALSE //don't remove stuff from the global maint list, which other can use.
 	// see code/_globalvars/lists/maintenance_loot.dm for loot table
 
 /// A subtype of maintenance loot spawner that does not spawn any decals, for when you want to place them on chasm turfs and such
 /// decals such as ashes will cause NeverShouldHaveComeHere() to fail on such turfs, which creates annoying rng based CI failures
 /obj/effect/spawner/random/maintenance/no_decals
 
-/obj/effect/spawner/random/maintenance/no_decals/can_spawn(atom/loot)
-	return !ispath(loot, /obj/effect/decal)
-
 /obj/effect/spawner/random/maintenance/examine(mob/user)
 	. = ..()
 	. += span_info("This spawner has an effective loot count of [get_effective_lootcount()].")
@@ -19,6 +17,14 @@
 	loot = GLOB.maintenance_loot
 	return ..()
 
+/obj/effect/spawner/random/maintenance/skew_loot_weights(list/loot_list, exponent)
+	///We only need to skew the weights once, since it's a global list used by all maint spawners.
+	var/static/already_done = FALSE
+	if(loot_list == GLOB.maintenance_loot && already_done)
+		return
+	already_done = TRUE
+	return ..()
+
 /obj/effect/spawner/random/maintenance/proc/hide()
 	SetInvisibility(INVISIBILITY_OBSERVER)
 	alpha = 100
diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/spawners/random/random.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/spawners/random/random.dm
index ed77f671191..fae8ff14cda 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/spawners/random/random.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/spawners/random/random.dm
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 	var/spawn_scatter_radius = 0
 	/// Whether the items should have a random pixel_x/y offset (maxium offset distance is ±16 pixels for x/y)
 	var/spawn_random_offset = FALSE
+	/// Whether items that cannot be spawned will be removed from the loot list. Keep it TRUE unless you've a good reason.
+	var/remove_if_cant_spawn = TRUE
 
 /obj/effect/spawner/random/Initialize(mapload)
 	. = ..()
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@
 		loot += subtypesof(loot_subtype_path)
 
 	if(CONFIG_GET(number/random_loot_weight_modifier) != 1)
-		skew_loot_weights(CONFIG_GET(number/random_loot_weight_modifier))
+		skew_loot_weights(loot, CONFIG_GET(number/random_loot_weight_modifier))
 
 	if(loot?.len)
 		var/loot_spawned = 0
@@ -61,7 +63,8 @@
 		while((spawn_loot_count-loot_spawned) && loot.len)
 			var/lootspawn = pick_weight_recursive(loot)
 			if(!can_spawn(lootspawn))
-				loot.Remove(lootspawn)
+				if(remove_if_cant_spawn)
+					loot.Remove(lootspawn)
 				continue
 			if(!spawn_loot_double)
 				loot.Remove(lootspawn)