diff --git a/code/_helpers/game.dm b/code/_helpers/game.dm
index 986d63e65b..3af60de770 100644
--- a/code/_helpers/game.dm
+++ b/code/_helpers/game.dm
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 	return hear
 
 var/mobs_radio_range_fired = 1					//CHOMPEdit
-/proc/get_mobs_in_radio_ranges(var/list/obj/item/device/radio/radios, var/ghosts_can_hear = TRUE)
+/proc/get_mobs_in_radio_ranges(var/list/obj/item/device/radio/radios)
 
 	set background = 1
 	var/our_iter = num2text(++mobs_radio_range_fired)	//CHOMPEdit
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ var/mobs_radio_range_fired = 1					//CHOMPEdit
 		var/turf/T = get_turf(M)
 		if(istype(T) && T.temp_check[our_iter])
 			. += M
-		else if(istype(M,/mob/observer) && ghosts_can_hear)	//Give ghosts global hearing.
+		else if(istype(M,/mob/observer))	//Give ghosts global hearing.
 			. += M
 	CHECK_TICK
 	for(var/turf/T in speaker_coverage)
diff --git a/code/game/machinery/telecomms/broadcaster.dm b/code/game/machinery/telecomms/broadcaster.dm
index c82f5defc3..4906c3b8c5 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/telecomms/broadcaster.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/telecomms/broadcaster.dm
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ var/message_delay = 0 // To make sure restarting the recentmessages list is kept
 						var/vmask, var/list/vmessage_pieces, var/obj/item/device/radio/radio,
 						var/list/message_pieces, var/name, var/job, var/realname, var/vname,
 						var/data, var/compression, var/list/level, var/freq, var/verbage = "says",
-						var/list/forced_radios, var/ghosts_can_hear = TRUE) //CHOMPEdit
+						var/list/forced_radios)
 
   /* ###### Prepare the radio connection ###### */
 
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ var/message_delay = 0 // To make sure restarting the recentmessages list is kept
 				radios |= R
 
 	// Get a list of mobs who can hear from the radios we collected.
-	var/list/receive = get_mobs_in_radio_ranges(radios,ghosts_can_hear) //CHOMPEdit
+	var/list/receive = get_mobs_in_radio_ranges(radios)
 
   /* ###### Organize the receivers into categories for displaying the message ###### */
 
diff --git a/code/game/machinery/telecomms/broadcaster_ch.dm b/code/game/machinery/telecomms/broadcaster_ch.dm
index 1211d4f467..6875970519 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/telecomms/broadcaster_ch.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/telecomms/broadcaster_ch.dm
@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@
 
 	// Where are we able to hear from (and talk to, since we're AIO) anyway?
 	//var/map_levels = using_map.get_map_levels(z, TRUE, overmap_range)
-	var/ghostshear = FALSE
+
 	if("[signal.data["level"]]" == "[z]")
 		signal.data["level"] = list(0)
-		ghostshear = TRUE
 	else
 		signal.data["level"] = list(z)
 
@@ -69,6 +68,5 @@
 			connection.frequency,
 			signal.data["verb"],
 			signal.data["language"],
-			forced_radios,
-			ghosts_can_hear = ghostshear
+			forced_radios
 		)
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