diff --git a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm
index 0135bfbfa0..2f059d1829 100644
--- a/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm
+++ b/code/modules/admin/verbs/adminhelp.dm
@@ -609,8 +609,9 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(ahelp_tickets, /datum/admin_help_tickets, new)
 
 
 /proc/send2irc(msg,msg2)
-	if(SERVER_TOOLS_PRESENT)
-		SERVER_TOOLS_RELAY_BROADCAST("[msg] | [msg2]")
+	msg = replacetext(replacetext(msg, "\proper", ""), "\improper", "")
+	msg2 = replacetext(replacetext(msg2, "\proper", ""), "\improper", "")
+	SERVER_TOOLS_RELAY_BROADCAST("[msg] | [msg2]")
 
 /proc/send2otherserver(source,msg,type = "Ahelp")
 	var/comms_key = CONFIG_GET(string/comms_key)