diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/give.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/give.dm
index 0bae4432cdb..85cb7a70cbe 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/give.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/give.dm
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@
 	..()
 	holder.mouse_pointer_icon = 'icons/mouse_icons/give_item.dmi'
 	to_chat(holder, "<span class='info'>You can now left click on someone to give them your held item.</span>")
-	RegisterSignal(holder.mob.get_active_hand(), list(COMSIG_PARENT_QDELETING, COMSIG_ITEM_EQUIPPED, COMSIG_ITEM_DROPPED), /datum/proc/signal_qdel)
-	RegisterSignal(holder.mob, list(SIGNAL_ADDTRAIT(TRAIT_HANDS_BLOCKED), COMSIG_CARBON_SWAP_HANDS), /datum/proc/signal_qdel)
+	RegisterSignal(holder.mob.get_active_hand(), list(COMSIG_PARENT_QDELETING, COMSIG_ITEM_EQUIPPED, COMSIG_ITEM_DROPPED), PROC_REF(signal_qdel))
+	RegisterSignal(holder.mob, list(SIGNAL_ADDTRAIT(TRAIT_HANDS_BLOCKED), COMSIG_CARBON_SWAP_HANDS), PROC_REF(signal_qdel))
 
 
 /datum/click_intercept/give/Destroy(force = FALSE, ...)
@@ -133,11 +133,9 @@
 	giver.apply_status_effect(STATUS_EFFECT_OFFERING_ITEM, receiver_UID, item_UID)
 	add_overlay(icon(I.icon, I.icon_state, SOUTH))
 	add_overlay("alert_flash")
-	RegisterSignal(I, list(COMSIG_ITEM_EQUIPPED, COMSIG_ITEM_DROPPED), PROC_REF(cancel_give))
-	RegisterSignal(giver, list(SIGNAL_ADDTRAIT(TRAIT_HANDS_BLOCKED), COMSIG_CARBON_SWAP_HANDS), PROC_REF(cancel_give))
 	// If either of these atoms are deleted, we need to cancel everything. Also saves having to do null checks before interacting with these atoms.
-	RegisterSignal(I, COMSIG_PARENT_QDELETING, /datum/proc/signal_qdel)
-	RegisterSignal(giver, COMSIG_PARENT_QDELETING, /datum/proc/signal_qdel)
+	RegisterSignal(I, list(COMSIG_PARENT_QDELETING, COMSIG_ITEM_EQUIPPED, COMSIG_ITEM_DROPPED), PROC_REF(cancel_give))
+	RegisterSignal(giver, list(COMSIG_PARENT_QDELETING, SIGNAL_ADDTRAIT(TRAIT_HANDS_BLOCKED), COMSIG_CARBON_SWAP_HANDS), PROC_REF(cancel_give))
 
 
 /obj/screen/alert/take_item/Destroy()