diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
index 2173135cf33..a0969b82b25 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/carbon.dm
@@ -259,11 +259,6 @@
 				M.visible_message("<span class='notice'>[M] shakes [src], but [p_they()] [p_do()] not respond. Probably suffering from SSD.", \
 				"<span class='notice'>You shake [src], but [p_theyre()] unresponsive. Probably suffering from SSD.</span>")
 			if(lying) // /vg/: For hugs. This is how update_icon figgers it out, anyway.  - N3X15
-				var/t_him = "it"
-				if(gender == MALE)
-					t_him = "him"
-				else if(gender == FEMALE)
-					t_him = "her"
 				if(ishuman(src))
 					var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = src
 					if(H.w_uniform)
@@ -277,8 +272,8 @@
 				playsound(loc, 'sound/weapons/thudswoosh.ogg', 50, 1, -1)
 				if(!player_logged)
 					M.visible_message( \
-						"<span class='notice'>[M] shakes [src] trying to wake [t_him] up!</span>",\
-						"<span class='notice'>You shake [src] trying to wake [t_him] up!</span>",\
+						"<span class='notice'>[M] shakes [src] trying to wake [p_them()] up!</span>",\
+						"<span class='notice'>You shake [src] trying to wake [p_them()] up!</span>",\
 						)
 			// BEGIN HUGCODE - N3X
 			else