diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/areas.dm b/code/__HELPERS/areas.dm
index b6c5739f8cf..e7876df8ae7 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/areas.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/areas.dm
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(typecache_powerfailure_safe_areas, typecacheof(/area/engineerin
 		var/turf/thing = turfs[i]
 		var/area/old_area = thing.loc
 		newA.contents += thing
-		thing.change_area(old_area, newA)
+		thing.transfer_area_lighting(old_area, newA)
 
 	newA.reg_in_areas_in_z()
 
diff --git a/code/modules/lighting/lighting_turf.dm b/code/modules/lighting/lighting_turf.dm
index 7f7799d7549..acec70f3c13 100644
--- a/code/modules/lighting/lighting_turf.dm
+++ b/code/modules/lighting/lighting_turf.dm
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@
 		reconsider_lights() //The lighting system only cares whether the tile is fully concealed from all directions or not.
 
 
-/turf/proc/change_area(area/old_area, area/new_area)
+///Transfer the lighting of one area to another
+/turf/proc/transfer_area_lighting(area/old_area, area/new_area)
 	if(SSlighting.initialized)
 		if (new_area.static_lighting != old_area.static_lighting)
 			if (new_area.static_lighting)
diff --git a/code/modules/shuttle/on_move.dm b/code/modules/shuttle/on_move.dm
index a4e5b1a7dd3..5b2c22850c9 100644
--- a/code/modules/shuttle/on_move.dm
+++ b/code/modules/shuttle/on_move.dm
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ All ShuttleMove procs go here
 
 	contents -= oldT
 	underlying_old_area.contents += oldT
-	oldT.change_area(src, underlying_old_area)
+	oldT.transfer_area_lighting(src, underlying_old_area)
 	//The old turf has now been given back to the area that turf originaly belonged to
 
 	var/area/old_dest_area = newT.loc
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ All ShuttleMove procs go here
 
 	old_dest_area.contents -= newT
 	contents += newT
-	newT.change_area(old_dest_area, src)
+	newT.transfer_area_lighting(old_dest_area, src)
 	return TRUE
 
 // Called on areas after everything has been moved
diff --git a/code/modules/shuttle/shuttle.dm b/code/modules/shuttle/shuttle.dm
index 0059c693d6e..526fd875a68 100644
--- a/code/modules/shuttle/shuttle.dm
+++ b/code/modules/shuttle/shuttle.dm
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@
 			continue
 		var/area/old_area = oldT.loc
 		underlying_area.contents += oldT
-		oldT.change_area(old_area, underlying_area)
+		oldT.transfer_area_lighting(old_area, underlying_area)
 		oldT.empty(FALSE)
 
 		// Here we locate the bottommost shuttle boundary and remove all turfs above it