diff --git a/code/game/world.dm b/code/game/world.dm
index 14a85bb619..44e9fe9e14 100644
--- a/code/game/world.dm
+++ b/code/game/world.dm
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 GLOBAL_VAR(restart_counter)
 
-GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(tgs_initialized, FALSE)
-
 GLOBAL_VAR(topic_status_lastcache)
 GLOBAL_LIST(topic_status_cache)
 
@@ -76,7 +74,6 @@ GLOBAL_LIST(topic_status_cache)
 /world/proc/InitTgs()
 	TgsNew(new /datum/tgs_event_handler/impl, TGS_SECURITY_TRUSTED)
 	GLOB.revdata.load_tgs_info()
-	GLOB.tgs_initialized = TRUE
 
 /world/proc/HandleTestRun()
 	//trigger things to run the whole process