diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mining_mobs.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mining_mobs.dm
index 668de12e188..47c243e970e 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mining_mobs.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mining_mobs.dm
@@ -292,7 +292,6 @@
 				to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You chomp into [src], barely managing to hold it down, but feel amazingly refreshed in mere moments.</span>")
 			playsound(src.loc,'sound/items/eatfood.ogg', rand(10,50), 1)
 			H.revive()
-			user.drop_item()
 			qdel(src)
 	..()