diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/_lists.dm b/code/__HELPERS/_lists.dm
index 69dd54e810..70793d7a1d 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/_lists.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/_lists.dm
@@ -173,23 +173,20 @@
 /proc/typecache_filter_list(list/atoms, list/typecache)
 	RETURN_TYPE(/list)
 	. = list()
-	for(var/thing in atoms)
-		var/atom/A = thing
+	for(var/atom/A as anything in atoms)
 		if (typecache[A.type])
 			. += A
 
 /proc/typecache_filter_list_reverse(list/atoms, list/typecache)
 	RETURN_TYPE(/list)
 	. = list()
-	for(var/thing in atoms)
-		var/atom/A = thing
+	for(var/atom/A as anything in atoms)
 		if(!typecache[A.type])
 			. += A
 
 /proc/typecache_filter_multi_list_exclusion(list/atoms, list/typecache_include, list/typecache_exclude)
 	. = list()
-	for(var/thing in atoms)
-		var/atom/A = thing
+	for(var/atom/A as anything in atoms)
 		if(typecache_include[A.type] && !typecache_exclude[A.type])
 			. += A