diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/traits_vr/negative.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/traits_vr/negative.dm
index 22cca3cc969..07c7d5c49ea 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/traits_vr/negative.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/station/traits_vr/negative.dm
@@ -143,13 +143,6 @@
 	desc = "You breathe nitrogen instead of oxygen (which is poisonous to you). Incidentally, phoron isn't poisonous to breathe to you."
 	var_changes = list("breath_type" = "nitrogen", "poison_type" = "oxygen")
 
-/datum/trait/negative/monolingual
-	name = "Monolingual"
-	desc = "You are not good at learning languages."
-	cost = -3
-	var_changes = list("num_alternate_languages" = 0)
-	varchange_type = TRAIT_VARCHANGE_MORE_BETTER
-
 /datum/trait/negative/monolingual
 	name = "Monolingual"
 	desc = "You are not good at learning languages."