diff --git a/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/say.dm
index db9cd2129c..acf6c887d7 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/say.dm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /mob/dead/observer/say(var/message)
-	message = trim(copytext(sanitize(message), 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN))
+	message = trim(copytext(message, 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN))
 
 	if (!message)
 		return
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 /mob/dead/observer/emote(var/act, var/type, var/message)
-	message = trim(copytext(sanitize(message), 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN))
+	message = trim(copytext(message, 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN))
 
 	if(!message)
 		return
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@
 					M.show_message("<span class='game'><i>You hear muffled speech... you can almost make out some words...</i></span>", 2)
 //				M.show_message("<span class='game'><i>[stutter(message)]</i></span>", 2)
 					playsound(src.loc, pick('sound/effects/ghost.ogg','sound/effects/ghost2.ogg'), 10, 1)
-*/
\ No newline at end of file
+*/