diff --git a/code/modules/research/xenoarchaeology/tools/bunsen_burner.dm b/code/modules/research/xenoarchaeology/tools/bunsen_burner.dm
index 2437eeb067..6bb7091c40 100644
--- a/code/modules/research/xenoarchaeology/tools/bunsen_burner.dm
+++ b/code/modules/research/xenoarchaeology/tools/bunsen_burner.dm
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 					try_heating()
 	else
 		user << "\red You can't put the [W] onto the [src]."
+        
+/obj/machinery/bunsen_burner/attack_ai()
+    return
 
 /obj/machinery/bunsen_burner/attack_hand(mob/user as mob)
 	if(held_container)