diff --git a/code/game/turfs/simulated/floor.dm b/code/game/turfs/simulated/floor.dm
index 3a147050e13..11167a2ee4c 100644
--- a/code/game/turfs/simulated/floor.dm
+++ b/code/game/turfs/simulated/floor.dm
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ var/list/wood_icons = list("wood","wood-broken")
 	if(floor_tile)
 		builtin_tile = new floor_tile
 
-	spawn(5)
-		if(istype(src, /turf/simulated)) //you are probably looking at this and thinking "what the fuck", because that's the appropriate response
-			update_visuals()             //however, shityond means that turfs can change src and spawned procs will try to run on it, and only sim turfs have update_visuals()
-
-
 /turf/simulated/floor/Destroy()
 	if(builtin_tile)
 		qdel(builtin_tile)
diff --git a/html/changelogs/startup-fix-mccloud.yml b/html/changelogs/startup-fix-mccloud.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93e2ea217d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/changelogs/startup-fix-mccloud.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+author: Fox McCloud
+
+delete-after: True
+
+changes: 
+  - bugfix: "fixes server loading taking an abnormally long time."
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