diff --git a/code/datums/components/butchering.dm b/code/datums/components/butchering.dm
index c8bcc16788..817dcb9c1f 100644
--- a/code/datums/components/butchering.dm
+++ b/code/datums/components/butchering.dm
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 		var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = M
 		if((H.health <= H.crit_threshold || (user.pulling == H && user.grab_state >= GRAB_NECK) || H.IsSleeping()) && user.zone_selected == BODY_ZONE_HEAD) // Only sleeping, neck grabbed, or crit, can be sliced.
 			if(H.has_status_effect(/datum/status_effect/neck_slice))
-				user.show_message("<span class='warning'>[H]'s neck has already been already cut, you can't make the bleeding any worse!</span>", MSG_VISUAL, \
+				user.show_message("<span class='warning'>[H]'s neck has already been already cut, you can't make the bleeding any worse!</span>", 1, \
 								"<span class='warning'>Their neck has already been already cut, you can't make the bleeding any worse!</span>")
 				return COMPONENT_ITEM_NO_ATTACK
 			INVOKE_ASYNC(src, .proc/startNeckSlice, source, H, user)
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@
 	user.visible_message("<span class='danger'>[user] is slitting [H]'s throat!</span>", \
 					"<span class='danger'>You start slicing [H]'s throat!</span>", \
 					"<span class='hear'>You hear a cutting noise!</span>", ignored_mobs = H)
-	H.show_message("<span class='userdanger'>Your throat is being slit by [user]!</span>", MSG_VISUAL, \
+	H.show_message("<span class='userdanger'>Your throat is being slit by [user]!</span>", 1, \
 					"<span class = 'userdanger'>Something is cutting into your neck!</span>", NONE)
 	log_combat(user, H, "starts slicing the throat of")
 
 	playsound(H.loc, butcher_sound, 50, TRUE, -1)
 	if(do_mob(user, H, CLAMP(500 / source.force, 30, 100)) && H.Adjacent(source))
 		if(H.has_status_effect(/datum/status_effect/neck_slice))
-			user.show_message("<span class='warning'>[H]'s neck has already been already cut, you can't make the bleeding any worse!</span>", MSG_VISUAL, \
+			user.show_message("<span class='warning'>[H]'s neck has already been already cut, you can't make the bleeding any worse!</span>", 1, \
 							"<span class='warning'>Their neck has already been already cut, you can't make the bleeding any worse!</span>")
 			return