diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
index e9b97b3597..5fa6a0c22d 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
 /mob/living/simple_animal/proc/drop_loot()
 	if(loot.len)
 		for(var/i in loot)
-			new i(loc, dir = src.dir)
+			new i(loc)
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/death(gibbed)
 	movement_type &= ~FLYING