diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/holy_weapons.dm b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/holy_weapons.dm
index fe234055c22..e254987ddf1 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/weapons/holy_weapons.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/weapons/holy_weapons.dm
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@
 			user.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[src] slips out of the grip of [user] as they try to pick it up, bouncing upwards and smacking [user.p_them()] in the face!</span>", \
 			"<span class='warning'>[src] slips out of your grip as you pick it up, bouncing upwards and smacking you in the face!</span>")
 			playsound(get_turf(user), 'sound/effects/hit_punch.ogg', 50, 1, -1)
-			spawn()
-				throw_at(get_edge_target_turf(user, pick(alldirs)), rand(1, 3), 5)
+			throw_at(get_edge_target_turf(user, pick(alldirs)), rand(1, 3), 5)
 		else
 			if(!sound_played)
 				sound_played = TRUE