diff --git a/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm b/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
index 959bc441b74..6398ce71a8c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(observer_default_invisibility, INVISIBILITY_OBSERVER)
 	canmove = FALSE
 	alpha = 127
 	move_resist = INFINITY	//  don't get pushed around
-	anchored = 1 // don't get moved by mass drivers
 	invisibility = INVISIBILITY_OBSERVER
 	var/can_reenter_corpse
 	var/bootime = FALSE