diff --git a/code/game/mecha/combat/combat.dm b/code/game/mecha/combat/combat.dm
index e836d387d15..f75bd01ac49 100644
--- a/code/game/mecha/combat/combat.dm
+++ b/code/game/mecha/combat/combat.dm
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /obj/mecha/combat
 	force = 30
-	var/damtype = "brute"
 	var/melee_cooldown = 10
 	var/melee_can_hit = 1
 	var/list/destroyable_obj = list(/obj/mecha, /obj/structure/window, /obj/structure/grille, /turf/simulated/wall)
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items.dm b/code/game/objects/items.dm
index c322cf2aa50..8c2adf0fcdc 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items.dm
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 	var/icon/blood_overlay = null //this saves our blood splatter overlay, which will be processed not to go over the edges of the sprite
 	var/abstract = 0
 	var/item_state = null
-	var/damtype = "brute"
 	var/r_speed = 1.0
 	var/health = null
 	var/burn_point = null
diff --git a/code/game/objects/objs.dm b/code/game/objects/objs.dm
index 19e9918c2d6..7a94823d82d 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/objs.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/objs.dm
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 	var/list/attack_verb = list() //Used in attackby() to say how something was attacked "[x] has been [z.attack_verb] by [y] with [z]"
 	var/in_use = 0 // If we have a user using us, this will be set on. We will check if the user has stopped using us, and thus stop updating and LAGGING EVERYTHING!
 
+	var/damtype = "brute"
 	var/force = 0
 
 /obj/proc/process()