diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/MMI.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/MMI.dm
index f5e832cdaa7..7aa4cd44554 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/MMI.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/brain/MMI.dm
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@
 			user << "<span class='userdanger'>Somehow, this MMI still has a brain in it. Report this to the bug tracker.</span>"
 			log_to_dd("[user] tried to stick a [O] into [src] in [get_area(src)], but the held brain variable wasn't cleared")
 			return
-		if(B.status & ORGAN_DEAD) // As it stood, a brain would never become unviable for MMI usage. Perhaps we should keep it that way?
-			user << "<span class='warning'>This [B] is dead</span>"
-			return
 		for(var/mob/V in viewers(src, null))
 			V.show_message("<span class='notice'>[user] sticks \a [O] into \the [src].</span>")
 		brainmob = B.brainmob
diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/organs/organ_internal.dm b/code/modules/surgery/organs/organ_internal.dm
index bff48e21bc4..abe2107821e 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/organs/organ_internal.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/organs/organ_internal.dm
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 	if(!iscarbon(M) || owner == M)
 		return
 
-	processing_objects -= src
-
 	var/obj/item/organ/internal/replaced = M.get_organ_slot(slot)
 	if(replaced)
 		replaced.remove(M, special = 1)
@@ -46,7 +44,6 @@
 /obj/item/organ/internal/remove(mob/living/carbon/M, special = 0)
 	owner = null
 
-	processing_objects |= src
 	if(M)
 		M.internal_organs -= src
 		if(vital && !special)