diff --git a/code/controllers/communications.dm b/code/controllers/communications.dm
index 723d2e001a..52521415b4 100644
--- a/code/controllers/communications.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/communications.dm
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ var/global/datum/controller/radio/radio_controller
 			devices_line -= null
 		if (devices_line.len==0)
 			devices -= devices_filter
-			qdel(devices_line)
+			del(devices_line)
 
 /datum/signal
 	var/obj/source