diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/bodyparts.dm b/code/__DEFINES/bodyparts.dm
index 03d2ad4f24b..8d60782f093 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/bodyparts.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/bodyparts.dm
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #define LIMB_MAX_HP_ALIEN_LARVA 50 //Used by the weird larva chest and head. Did you know they have those?
 #define LIMB_MAX_HP_ALIEN_LIMBS 100 //Used by xenomorph limbs.
 #define LIMB_MAX_HP_ALIEN_CORE 500 //Used by xenomorph chests and heads
+#define LIMB_ALIEN_BURN_DAMAGE_MULTIPLIER 2 //Used by xenomorphs and their larvae
 
 /// Limb Body Damage Coefficient
 /// A multiplication of the burn and brute damage that the limb's stored damage contributes to its attached mob's overall wellbeing.
diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/_bodyparts.dm b/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/_bodyparts.dm
index 032505a170d..e1d61d3f540 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/_bodyparts.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/_bodyparts.dm
@@ -499,9 +499,6 @@
 	brute *= wound_damage_multiplier
 	burn *= wound_damage_multiplier
 
-	if(bodytype & (BODYTYPE_ALIEN|BODYTYPE_LARVA_PLACEHOLDER)) //aliens take double burn //nothing can burn with so much snowflake code around
-		burn *= 2
-
 	/*
 	// START WOUND HANDLING
 	*/
diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/head.dm b/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/head.dm
index 0f1a5203ea5..037fdca7f5b 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/head.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/head.dm
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@
 	px_y = 0
 	bodypart_flags = BODYPART_UNREMOVABLE
 	max_damage = LIMB_MAX_HP_ALIEN_CORE
+	burn_modifier = LIMB_ALIEN_BURN_DAMAGE_MULTIPLIER
 	bodytype = BODYTYPE_ALIEN | BODYTYPE_ORGANIC
 	bodyshape = BODYSHAPE_HUMANOID
 
@@ -250,4 +251,5 @@
 	px_y = 0
 	bodypart_flags = BODYPART_UNREMOVABLE
 	max_damage = LIMB_MAX_HP_ALIEN_LARVA
+	burn_modifier = LIMB_ALIEN_BURN_DAMAGE_MULTIPLIER
 	bodytype = BODYTYPE_LARVA_PLACEHOLDER | BODYTYPE_ORGANIC
diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/parts.dm b/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/parts.dm
index a821eec9e62..b0866491e55 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/parts.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/bodyparts/parts.dm
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
 	should_draw_greyscale = FALSE
 	bodypart_flags = BODYPART_UNREMOVABLE
 	max_damage = LIMB_MAX_HP_ALIEN_CORE
+	burn_modifier = LIMB_ALIEN_BURN_DAMAGE_MULTIPLIER
 	acceptable_bodyshape = BODYSHAPE_HUMANOID
 	wing_types = null
 
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@
 	should_draw_greyscale = FALSE
 	bodypart_flags = BODYPART_UNREMOVABLE
 	max_damage = LIMB_MAX_HP_ALIEN_LARVA
+	burn_modifier = LIMB_ALIEN_BURN_DAMAGE_MULTIPLIER
 	bodytype = BODYTYPE_LARVA_PLACEHOLDER | BODYTYPE_ORGANIC
 	acceptable_bodytype = BODYTYPE_LARVA_PLACEHOLDER
 	wing_types = null
@@ -281,6 +283,7 @@
 	bodypart_flags = BODYPART_UNREMOVABLE
 	can_be_disabled = FALSE
 	max_damage = LIMB_MAX_HP_ALIEN_LIMBS
+	burn_modifier = LIMB_ALIEN_BURN_DAMAGE_MULTIPLIER
 	should_draw_greyscale = FALSE
 	appendage_noun = "scythe-like hand"
 
@@ -379,6 +382,7 @@
 	bodypart_flags = BODYPART_UNREMOVABLE
 	can_be_disabled = FALSE
 	max_damage = LIMB_MAX_HP_ALIEN_LIMBS
+	burn_modifier = LIMB_ALIEN_BURN_DAMAGE_MULTIPLIER
 	should_draw_greyscale = FALSE
 	appendage_noun = "scythe-like hand"
 
@@ -513,6 +517,7 @@
 	bodypart_flags = BODYPART_UNREMOVABLE
 	can_be_disabled = FALSE
 	max_damage = LIMB_MAX_HP_ALIEN_LIMBS
+	burn_modifier = LIMB_ALIEN_BURN_DAMAGE_MULTIPLIER
 	should_draw_greyscale = FALSE
 
 /obj/item/bodypart/leg/right
@@ -603,4 +608,5 @@
 	bodypart_flags = BODYPART_UNREMOVABLE
 	can_be_disabled = FALSE
 	max_damage = LIMB_MAX_HP_ALIEN_LIMBS
+	burn_modifier = LIMB_ALIEN_BURN_DAMAGE_MULTIPLIER
 	should_draw_greyscale = FALSE