diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
index 0d1629ef0dc..ead31b1427f 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human.dm
@@ -1486,8 +1486,6 @@
 		if(species.default_language)
 			remove_language(species.default_language)
 
-		species.handle_pre_loss(src)
-
 	species = all_species[new_species]
 
 	if(oldspecies)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/species.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/species.dm
index e0c35cbffa0..f1fbf8c8299 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/species.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/species.dm
@@ -308,14 +308,6 @@
 
 /datum/species/proc/handle_post_spawn(var/mob/living/carbon/C) //Handles anything not already covered by basic species assignment.
 	handle_dna(C)
-	for (var/foo in abilities)
-		C.verbs |= foo
-	return
-
-// Used so that species lose their abilities before
-/datum/species/proc/handle_pre_loss(var/mob/living/carbon/C)
-	for (var/foo in abilities)
-		C.verbs -= foo
 	return
 
 /datum/species/proc/handle_dna(var/mob/living/carbon/C, var/remove) //Handles DNA mutations, as that doesn't work at init.
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station.dm
index ebab34d6fc7..b8a8338ccab 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station.dm
@@ -527,9 +527,11 @@
 		"r_foot" = list("path" = /obj/item/organ/external/foot/right/ipc)
 		)
 
-	abilities = list(/mob/living/carbon/human/proc/change_monitor,)
-
 /datum/species/machine/handle_death(var/mob/living/carbon/human/H)
 	H.h_style = ""
 	spawn(100)
 		if(H) H.update_hair()
+
+/datum/species/machine/handle_post_spawn(var/mob/living/carbon/human/H)
+	..()
+	H.verbs += /mob/living/carbon/human/proc/change_monitor