diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/hive.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/hive.dm
index f0e7c93a913..b0627b1ba82 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/hive.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/hive.dm
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@
 		else
 			spider_totals[E.spiderling_type] = E.spiderling_number
 		spider_totals["all"] += E.spiderling_number
-	for(var/thing in GLOB.ts_spiderling_list)
-		var/mob/living/basic/spiderling/terror_spiderling/L = thing
+	for(var/mob/living/basic/spiderling/terror_spiderling/L in GLOB.ts_spiderling_list)
 		if(L.stillborn)
 			continue
 		if(check_mine && L.spider_myqueen != src)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/queen_terror.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/queen_terror.dm
index fc57aee0bc5..8cc83b817e3 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/queen_terror.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/terror_spiders/queen_terror.dm
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@
 			T.visible_message("<span class='danger'>[T] writhes in pain!</span>")
 			to_chat(T, "<span class='userdanger'>\The psychic backlash from the death of [src] overwhelms you! You feel the life start to drain out of you...</span>")
 			T.degenerate = TRUE
-		for(var/thing in GLOB.ts_spiderling_list)
-			var/mob/living/basic/spiderling/terror_spiderling/T = thing
+		for(var/mob/living/basic/spiderling/terror_spiderling/T in GLOB.ts_spiderling_list)
 			if(T.spider_myqueen && T.spider_myqueen == src)
 				qdel(T)
 	return ..()