diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/vis_overlays.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/vis_overlays.dm
index b0d83715e5e..b0e5d6c6896 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/vis_overlays.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/vis_overlays.dm
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(vis_overlays)
 
 	if(!thing.managed_vis_overlays)
 		thing.managed_vis_overlays = list(overlay)
-		RegisterSignal(thing, COMSIG_ATOM_DIR_CHANGE, .proc/rotate_vis_overlay)
 	else
 		thing.managed_vis_overlays += overlay
 	return overlay
@@ -79,20 +78,3 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(vis_overlays)
 	thing.managed_vis_overlays -= overlays
 	if(!length(thing.managed_vis_overlays))
 		thing.managed_vis_overlays = null
-		UnregisterSignal(thing, COMSIG_ATOM_DIR_CHANGE)
-
-/datum/controller/subsystem/vis_overlays/proc/rotate_vis_overlay(atom/thing, old_dir, new_dir)
-	SIGNAL_HANDLER
-
-	if(old_dir == new_dir)
-		return
-	var/rotation = dir2angle(old_dir) - dir2angle(new_dir)
-	var/list/overlays_to_remove = list()
-	for(var/i in thing.managed_vis_overlays - unique_vis_overlays)
-		var/obj/effect/overlay/vis/overlay = i
-		add_vis_overlay(thing, overlay.icon, overlay.icon_state, overlay.layer, overlay.plane, turn(overlay.dir, rotation), overlay.alpha, overlay.appearance_flags)
-		overlays_to_remove += overlay
-	for(var/i in thing.managed_vis_overlays & unique_vis_overlays)
-		var/obj/effect/overlay/vis/overlay = i
-		overlay.dir = turn(overlay.dir, rotation)
-	remove_vis_overlay(thing, overlays_to_remove)
diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/overlays.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/overlays.dm
index a036eb0c128..78a9328a438 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/overlays.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/overlays.dm
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 /obj/effect/overlay/vis
 	mouse_opacity = MOUSE_OPACITY_TRANSPARENT
 	anchored = TRUE
-	vis_flags = NONE
+	vis_flags = VIS_INHERIT_DIR
 	///When detected to be unused it gets set to world.time, after a while it gets removed
 	var/unused = 0
 	///overlays which go unused for this amount of time get cleaned up