diff --git a/code/game/objects/random/random.dm b/code/game/objects/random/random.dm
index c891c7af251..531a359d833 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/random/random.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/random/random.dm
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@
 	..()
 	if (!prob(spawn_nothing_percentage))
 		spawn_item()
-
-/obj/random/initialize()
-	..()
 	qdel(src)
 
+
 // this function should return a specific item to spawn
 /obj/random/proc/item_to_spawn()
 	return 0