diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/pai.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/pai.dm
index 01ea13603ca..0f20e8455e7 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/pai.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/pai.dm
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
 	. = ..()
 	if(!. || !client)
 		return FALSE
-	usr << browse_rsc('html/paigrid.png')			// Go ahead and cache the interface resources as early as possible
+
 	client.perspective = EYE_PERSPECTIVE
 	if(holoform)
 		client.eye = src
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/software.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/software.dm
index 71dc0ccc73c..bbd874d9638 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/software.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/software.dm
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@
 			<head>
 				<meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=UTF-8'>
 				<style type=\"text/css\">
-					body { background-image:url('[SSassets.transport.get_asset_url("paigrid.png")]'); }
-
 					#header { text-align:center; color:white; font-size: 30px; height: 35px; width: 100%; letter-spacing: 2px; z-index: 5}
 					#content {position: relative; left: 10px; height: 400px; width: 100%; z-index: 0}
 
diff --git a/html/paigrid.png b/html/paigrid.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 55ca7bf9224..00000000000
Binary files a/html/paigrid.png and /dev/null differ
