diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/job.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/job.dm
index f9c4fea8aad..c9d1eeee0b8 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/job.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/job.dm
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(job)
 				continue
 			S = sloc
 			break
-		if(GLOB.jobspawn_overrides.len && GLOB.jobspawn_overrides[rank])
+		if(GLOB.jobspawn_overrides[rank])
 			var/list/special_spawns = GLOB.jobspawn_overrides[rank]
 			if(special_spawns.len)
 				S = pick(special_spawns)
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(job)
 	M.forceMove(get_turf(A))
 
 /datum/controller/subsystem/job/proc/SendToLateJoin(mob/M, buckle = TRUE)
-	if(GLOB.jobspawn_overrides.len && M.mind && M.mind.assigned_role) //We're doing something special today.
+	if(M.mind && M.mind.assigned_role) //We're doing something special today.
 		var/list/special_spawns = GLOB.jobspawn_overrides[M.mind.assigned_role]
 		if(special_spawns.len) //just in case someone clears these
 			SendToAtom(M,pick(special_spawns),FALSE)