diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Session/SessionController.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Session/SessionController.cs
index b33d3628a1..1ee53dfb57 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Session/SessionController.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Session/SessionController.cs
@@ -795,6 +795,8 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Session
 						if (!firstValidationRequest)
 							return BridgeError("Startup bridge request was repeated!");
 					}
+#else
+					postValidationShutdownTask = Task.CompletedTask;
 #endif
 
 					if (parameters.Version == null)