diff --git a/code/defines/procs/hud.dm b/code/defines/procs/hud.dm
index e572176ef9c..5f222b0374a 100644
--- a/code/defines/procs/hud.dm
+++ b/code/defines/procs/hud.dm
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ proc/can_process_hud(var/mob/M)
 	return 1
 
 //Deletes the current HUD images so they can be refreshed with new ones.
-mob/proc/regular_hud_updates() //Used in the life.dm of mobs that can use HUDs.
+mob/proc/handle_regular_hud_updates() //Used in the life.dm of mobs that can use HUDs.
 	if(client)
 		for(var/image/hud in client.images)
 			if(copytext(hud.icon_state,1,4) == "hud")
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/hud.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/hud.dm
index c5282b9a839..da6729c3dcf 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/hud.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/hud.dm
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-/mob/living/carbon/slime/regular_hud_updates()
+/mob/living/carbon/slime/handle_regular_hud_updates()
 	return
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/life.dm
index 14bdd03a7ae..d7f475ec5b2 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/life.dm
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 		handle_disabilities() // eye, ear, brain damages
 		handle_status_effects() //all special effects, stunned, weakened, jitteryness, hallucination, sleeping, etc
 
+	handle_actions()
+
 	update_canmove()
 
 	if(client)
@@ -122,8 +124,9 @@
 			adjustEarDamage(-0.05,-1)
 
 //this handles hud updates. Calls update_vision() and handle_hud_icons()
-/mob/living/proc/handle_regular_hud_updates()
+/mob/living/handle_regular_hud_updates()
 	if(!client)	return 0
+	..()
 
 	handle_vision()
 	handle_hud_icons()
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm
index e24fa8a7827..07b5fb7900e 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/living.dm
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-/mob/living/Life()
-	..()
-	if(stat != DEAD)
-		handle_actions()
-
 //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"
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/living_defense.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/living_defense.dm
index a566c3a901d..28860ba5b4f 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/living_defense.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/living_defense.dm
@@ -247,10 +247,6 @@
 	//Scale quadratically so that single digit numbers of fire stacks don't burn ridiculously hot.
 	return round(FIRESUIT_MAX_HEAT_PROTECTION_TEMPERATURE*(fire_stacks/FIRE_MAX_FIRESUIT_STACKS)**2)
 
-/mob/living/regular_hud_updates()
-	..()
-	update_action_buttons()
-
 /mob/living/proc/handle_actions()
 	//Pretty bad, i'd use picked/dropped instead but the parent calls in these are nonexistent
 	for(var/datum/action/A in actions)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/life.dm
index a62ce82429c..51f2ffa7823 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/life.dm
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 							theAPC = null
 
 	process_queued_alarms()
-	regular_hud_updates()
+	handle_regular_hud_updates()
 	switch(src.sensor_mode)
 		if (SEC_HUD)
 			process_sec_hud(src,0,src.eyeobj)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/life.dm
index fe426c36d0f..a9ad6987540 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/pai/life.dm
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 				M.show_message("\red The data cable rapidly retracts back into its spool.", 3, "\red You hear a click and the sound of wire spooling rapidly.", 2)
 			qdel(src.cable)
 
-	regular_hud_updates()
+	handle_regular_hud_updates()
 
 	if(src.secHUD == 1)
 		process_sec_hud(src, 1)
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/life.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/life.dm
index d86ab2ba2ca..e5a0227020b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/life.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/life.dm
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 		src.see_invisible = SEE_INVISIBLE_LIVING // This is normal vision (25), setting it lower for normal vision means you don't "see" things like darkness since darkness
 							 // has a "invisible" value of 15
 
-	regular_hud_updates()
+	handle_regular_hud_updates()
 
 	var/obj/item/borg/sight/hud/hud = (locate(/obj/item/borg/sight/hud) in src)
 	if(hud && hud.hud)