diff --git a/code/controllers/globals.dm b/code/controllers/globals.dm
index 691f19201f6..2a0f59597ca 100644
--- a/code/controllers/globals.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/globals.dm
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ GLOBAL_REAL(GLOB, /datum/controller/global_vars)
 
 	var/datum/controller/exclude_these = new
 	gvars_datum_in_built_vars = exclude_these.vars + list("gvars_datum_protected_varlist", "gvars_datum_in_built_vars", "gvars_datum_init_order")
-	QDEL_IN(exclude_these, 0)	//signal logging isn't ready
 
 	Initialize()