diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/traitor/datum_traitor.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/traitor/datum_traitor.dm
index e2a5c0046a..16e7e71eac 100644
--- a/code/modules/antagonists/traitor/datum_traitor.dm
+++ b/code/modules/antagonists/traitor/datum_traitor.dm
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 	var/should_give_codewords = TRUE
 	var/should_equip = TRUE
 	var/datum/traitor_class/traitor_kind
-	can_hijack = HIJACK_HIJACKER
 	hijack_speed = 0.5				//10 seconds per hijack stage by default
 
 /datum/antagonist/traitor/New()