diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/medical.dm b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/medical.dm
index 3eafc1a4182..c0b7143ba2c 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/medical.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/medical.dm
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
 	name = "improvised gauze"
 	singular_name = "improvised gauze"
 	desc = "A roll of cloth roughly cut from something that can stop bleeding, but does not heal wounds."
+	heal_brute = 0
 	stop_bleeding = 900
 
 /obj/item/stack/medical/bruise_pack/advanced