diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/misc.dm b/code/__DEFINES/misc.dm
index 68272acd4ea..eead73d666b 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/misc.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/misc.dm
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ var/list/bloody_footprints_cache = list()
 //subtypesof(), typesof() without the parent path
 #define subtypesof(typepath) ( typesof(typepath) - typepath )
 
+//Gets the turf this atom inhabits
+#define get_turf(A) (get_step(A, 0))
+
 //Bot types
 #define SEC_BOT				1	// Secutritrons (Beepsky) and ED-209s
 #define MULE_BOT			2	// MULEbots
diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/unsorted.dm b/code/__HELPERS/unsorted.dm
index 55af7096324..f553539156f 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/unsorted.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/unsorted.dm
@@ -720,16 +720,6 @@ Turf and target are seperate in case you want to teleport some distance from a t
 	else
 		return zone
 
-
-//Gets the turf this atom inhabits
-
-/proc/get_turf(atom/A)
-	if (!istype(A))
-		return
-	for(A, A && !isturf(A), A=A.loc); //semicolon is for the empty statement
-	return A
-
-
 /*
 
  Gets the turf this atom's *ICON* appears to inhabit