diff --git a/code/modules/admin/admin.dm b/code/modules/admin/admin.dm
index a95e1d9e08c..449d73af534 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/admin.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/admin.dm
@@ -4,16 +4,10 @@ var/global/floorIsLava = 0
 
 
 ////////////////////////////////
-/proc/message_admins(var/text, var/admin_ref = 0, var/admin_holder_ref = 0)
-	var/rendered = "<span class=\"admin\"><span class=\"prefix\">ADMIN LOG:</span> <span class=\"message\">[text]</span></span>"
-	log_adminwarn(rendered)
-	for(var/client/C in admins)
-		var/msg = rendered
-		if(admin_ref)
-			msg = replacetext(msg, "%admin_ref%", "\ref[C]")
-		if(admin_holder_ref && C.holder)
-			msg = replacetext(msg, "%holder_ref%", "\ref[C.holder]")
-		C << msg
+/proc/message_admins(var/msg)
+	msg = "<span class=\"admin\"><span class=\"prefix\">ADMIN LOG:</span> <span class=\"message\">[msg]</span></span>"
+	log_adminwarn(msg)
+	admins << msg
 
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////Panels
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
index d87445919ae..cb1d3d0c0ee 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 	if(prev_gender != gender)
 		prev_gender = gender
 		if(gender in list(PLURAL, NEUTER))
-			message_admins("[src] ([ckey]) gender has been changed to plural or neuter. Please record what has happened recently to the person and then notify coders. (<A HREF='?src=%holder_ref%;adminmoreinfo=\ref[src]'>?</A>)  (<A HREF='?src=%holder_ref%;adminplayervars=\ref[src]'>VV</A>) (<A HREF='?src=%admin_ref%;priv_msg=\ref[src]'>PM</A>) (<A HREF='?src=%holder_ref%;adminplayerobservejump=\ref[src]'>JMP</A>)",1,1) //The 1,1 at the end is there to make '%holder_ref%' get replaced with the actual ref object
+			message_admins("[src] ([ckey]) gender has been changed to plural or neuter. Please record what has happened recently to the person and then notify coders. (<A HREF='?_src_=holder;adminmoreinfo=\ref[src]'>?</A>)  (<A HREF='?_src_=holder;adminplayervars=\ref[src]'>VV</A>) (<A HREF='?priv_msg=\ref[src]'>PM</A>) (<A HREF='?_src_=holder;adminplayerobservejump=\ref[src]'>JMP</A>)")
 	*/
 	//Apparently, the person who wrote this code designed it so that
 	//blinded get reset each cycle and then get activated later in the