diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/robot.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/robot.dm
index 22a60d2466..c72cb82030 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/robot.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/robot.dm
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 	icon_state = "robot"
 	maxHealth = 200
 	health = 200
-	universal_speak = 1
-
+	
 	var/sight_mode = 0
 	var/custom_name = ""
 	var/custom_sprite = 0 //Due to all the sprites involved, a var for our custom borgs may be best
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/silicon.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/silicon.dm
index cd437edc42..19ed4be3c2 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/silicon.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/silicon.dm
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 //Silicon mob language procs
 
 /mob/living/silicon/can_speak(datum/language/speaking)
-	return (universal_speak || speaking in src.speech_synthesizer_langs)	//need speech synthesizer support to vocalize a language
+	return universal_speak || (speaking in src.speech_synthesizer_langs)	//need speech synthesizer support to vocalize a language
 
 /mob/living/silicon/add_language(var/language, var/can_speak=1)
 	if (..(language) && can_speak)