diff --git a/code/defines/procs/helpers.dm b/code/defines/procs/helpers.dm
index 703e6c89c85..75814b751e8 100644
--- a/code/defines/procs/helpers.dm
+++ b/code/defines/procs/helpers.dm
@@ -193,42 +193,6 @@
 	if(number_of_alphanumeric < 2)	return		//protects against tiny names like "A" and also names like "' ' ' ' ' ' ' '"
 	return t_out
 
-/proc/reject_bad_slotname(var/t_in, var/max_length)//Forgive meeeeee
-	if(length(t_in) > max_length)	return			//name too long
-	var/letter = 0//Making sure there is at least 1 letter or symbol in there, so it doesn't become unclickable
-	var/t_out = ""
-
-	for(var/i=1, i<=length(t_in), i++)
-		var/ascii_char = text2ascii(t_in,i)
-		switch(ascii_char)
-			if(65 to 90)			//Uppercase Letters
-				t_out += ascii2text(ascii_char)
-				letter = 1
-
-			if(97 to 122)			//Lowercase Letters
-				t_out += ascii2text(ascii_char)
-				letter = 1
-
-			if(48 to 57)			//Numbers
-				t_out += ascii2text(ascii_char)
-				letter = 1
-
-			if(39,45,46)			//Common name punctuation
-				t_out += ascii2text(ascii_char)
-				letter = 1
-
-			if(126,124,64,58,35,36,37,38,42,43)			//Other crap that's harmless
-				t_out += ascii2text(ascii_char)
-				letter = 1
-
-			if(32)					//Space
-				t_out += ascii2text(ascii_char)
-			else
-				return ""
-	if(!letter)
-		return ""//Default he
-	else
-		return t_out
 
 /proc/strip_html_simple(var/t,var/limit=MAX_MESSAGE_LEN)
 	var/list/strip_chars = list("<",">")
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/new_player/preferences.dm b/code/modules/mob/new_player/preferences.dm
index e239cf0f2f6..f4ee7833769 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/new_player/preferences.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/new_player/preferences.dm
@@ -698,8 +698,10 @@ datum/preferences
 				var/sname = ""
 				switch(link_tags["slotname"])
 					if("input")
-						sname = reject_bad_slotname( (input(user, "Please select a name:", "Save Slot Name")  as text|null), 16 )
-						slot_name = sname
+						sname = input(user, "Please select a name:", "Save Slot Name")  as text|null
+						if(!(ckey(sname)))//Checks to make sure there is one letter
+							sname = null
+						slot_name = strip_html_simple(sname,16)
 
 		if(link_tags["reset_all"])
 			gender = MALE