diff --git a/code/game/turfs/simulated.dm b/code/game/turfs/simulated.dm
index a19a00df160..6bc1c4ba142 100644
--- a/code/game/turfs/simulated.dm
+++ b/code/game/turfs/simulated.dm
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 				wet_overlay = image('icons/effects/water.dmi', src, "ice_floor")
 			else
 				wet_overlay = image('icons/effects/water.dmi', src, "wet_static")
-		wet_overlay.plane = MID_TURF_LAYER
 		overlays += wet_overlay
 	if(time == INFINITY)
 		return