diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/heist/heist.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/heist/heist.dm
index 4f08fac88d..14e1b5a30e 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/heist/heist.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/heist/heist.dm
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ var/global/list/obj/cortical_stacks = list() //Stacks for 'leave nobody behind'
 	vox.add_language("Vox-pidgin")
 	vox.add_language("Galactic Common")
 	vox.add_language("Tradeband")
-	vox.add_language("Noise")
 	vox.h_style = "Short Vox Quills"
 	vox.f_style = "Shaved"
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/language.dm b/code/modules/mob/language.dm
index e619734700..2734438494 100755
--- a/code/modules/mob/language.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/language.dm
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
 // Can we speak this language, as opposed to just understanding it?
 /mob/proc/can_speak(datum/language/speaking)
 
-	return (universal_speak || speaking in src.languages)
+	return (universal_speak || (speaking.flags & INNATE) || speaking in src.languages)
 
 //TBD
 /mob/verb/check_languages()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm
index a712d26139..f883ce46ff 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-/mob/living/New()
-	..()
-	add_language("Noise")
-
 //mob verbs are faster than object verbs. See mob/verb/examine.
 /mob/living/verb/pulled(atom/movable/AM as mob|obj in oview(1))
 	set name = "Pull"