diff --git a/code/datums/components/disabilities/nervousness.dm b/code/datums/components/disabilities/nervousness.dm
index 30045e96bd7..49570e4e270 100644
--- a/code/datums/components/disabilities/nervousness.dm
+++ b/code/datums/components/disabilities/nervousness.dm
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /datum/component/nervousness_disability
 	var/mob/owner
-	var/gutdeathpressure = 0
 
 /datum/component/nervousness_disability/Initialize()
 	if (!ishuman(parent))
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
index 4cba87ae1b8..214a37c9bd1 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/say.dm
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 			message_data[2] = pick(M.say_verbs)
 			. = 1
 
-	else if((CE_SPEEDBOOST in chem_effects) || is_jittery) // motor mouth
+	else if((CE_SPEEDBOOST in chem_effects) || (is_jittery && !stuttering)) // motor mouth, check for stuttering so anxiety doesn't do hyperzine text
 		// Despite trying to url/html decode these, byond is just being bad and I dunno.
 		var/static/regex/speedboost_initial = new (@"&[a-z]{2,5};|&#\d{2};","g")
 		// Not herestring because bad vs code syntax highlight panics at apostrophe