diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/say.dm
deleted file mode 100644
index 48bcde17051..00000000000
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/say.dm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/mob/living/carbon/slime/say(var/message)
-	if (silent)
-		return
-	else
-		return ..()
-
-/mob/living/carbon/slime/say_quote(var/text)
-	var/ending = copytext(text, length(text))
-
-	if (ending == "?")
-		return "telepathically asks, \"[text]\"";
-	else if (ending == "!")
-		return "telepathically cries, \"[text]\"";
-
-	return "telepathically chirps, \"[text]\"";
-
-/mob/living/carbon/slime/say_understands(var/other)
-	if (istype(other, /mob/living/carbon/slime))
-		return 1
-	return ..()
-
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/say.dm
deleted file mode 100644
index f71a96a9d94..00000000000
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/say.dm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/mob/living/silicon/robot/say_understands(var/other)
-	if (istype(other, /mob/living/silicon/ai))
-		return 1
-	if (istype(other, /mob/living/silicon/decoy))
-		return 1
-	if (istype(other, /mob/living/carbon/human))
-		return 1
-	if (istype(other, /mob/living/carbon/brain))
-		return 1
-	if (istype(other, /mob/living/silicon/pai))
-		return 1
-//	if (istype(other, /mob/living/silicon/hivebot))
-//		return 1
-	return ..()
-
-/mob/living/silicon/robot/say_quote(var/text)
-	var/ending = copytext(text, length(text))
-
-	if (ending == "?")
-		return "queries, \"[text]\"";
-	else if (ending == "!")
-		return "declares, \"[text]\"";
-
-	return "states, \"[text]\"";
diff --git a/code/unused/hivebot/say.dm b/code/unused/hivebot/say.dm
deleted file mode 100644
index 58ab72ef16f..00000000000
--- a/code/unused/hivebot/say.dm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/mob/living/silicon/hivebot/say_understands(var/other)
-	if (istype(other, /mob/living/silicon/ai))
-		return 1
-	if (istype(other, /mob/living/carbon/human))
-		return 1
-	if (istype(other, /mob/living/carbon/human/tajaran))
-		return 1
-	if (istype(other, /mob/living/silicon/robot))
-		return 1
-	return ..()
-
-/mob/living/silicon/hivebot/say_quote(var/text)
-	var/ending = copytext(text, length(text))
-
-	if (ending == "?")
-		return "queries, \"[text]\"";
-	else if (ending == "!")
-		return "declares, \"[copytext(text, 1, length(text))]\"";
-
-	return "states, \"[text]\"";