diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/bot/bot.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/bot/bot.dm
index e6cfcee1b05..d9567d16a3e 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/bot/bot.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/bot/bot.dm
@@ -594,7 +594,6 @@ Pass a positive integer as an argument to override a bot's default speed.
 //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/bot/proc/bot_patrol()
-	set_path(null)
 	patrol_step()
 	addtimer(CALLBACK(src, PROC_REF(do_patrol)), 5)