diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm
index ec79caf145..ddb54d6957 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration/entries/general.dm
@@ -344,8 +344,3 @@
 /datum/config_entry/number/max_ambitions	// Maximum number of ambitions a mind can store.
 	config_entry_value = 5
 //ambition end
-
-/datum/config_entry/keyed_list/randomizing_station_name_message
-	key_mode = KEY_MODE_TEXT
-	value_mode = VALUE_MODE_TEXT
-	lowercase = FALSE
diff --git a/code/datums/station_traits/neutral_traits.dm b/code/datums/station_traits/neutral_traits.dm
index e9426955ff..8936951b10 100644
--- a/code/datums/station_traits/neutral_traits.dm
+++ b/code/datums/station_traits/neutral_traits.dm
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@
 	. = ..()
 	SSstation.announcer = /datum/centcom_announcer/medbot
 
+GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(randomizing_station_name_messages, world.file2list("strings/randomizing_station_name_messages.txt"))
+
 /datum/station_trait/randomizing_station_name
 	name = "Randomizing station name"
 	show_in_report = TRUE
@@ -136,8 +138,7 @@
 
 	var/new_name = new_station_name()
 
-	var/pick_entry = pick(CONFIG_GET(keyed_list/randomizing_station_name_message))
-	var/centcom_announcement = CONFIG_GET(keyed_list/randomizing_station_name_message)[pick_entry]
+	var/centcom_announcement = pick(GLOB.randomizing_station_name_messages)
 
 	// Replace with CURRENT station name
 	centcom_announcement = replacetext(centcom_announcement, "%CURRENT_STATION_NAME%", station_name())
diff --git a/config/entries/general.txt b/config/entries/general.txt
index ced33c096b..ad8792c10a 100644
--- a/config/entries/general.txt
+++ b/config/entries/general.txt
@@ -498,21 +498,3 @@ PAI_CUSTOM_HOLOFORMS
 
 ## Do station renames from the station charter require admin approval to pass, as opposed to autoapproving if not denied.
 STATION_NAME_NEEDS_APPROVAL
-
-## Strings for the station trait "Randomizing station name"
-## Also each value needs an unique key because keyed_lists are dumb
-RANDOMIZING_STATION_NAME_MESSAGE 1 Due to internal affairs, the station is now named %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
-RANDOMIZING_STATION_NAME_MESSAGE 2 The solar system's government has formally requested that the station now be named %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
-RANDOMIZING_STATION_NAME_MESSAGE 3 A gorilla broke into the office and destroyed a bunch of paperwork. We don't know what your station's old name was. It's now %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
-RANDOMIZING_STATION_NAME_MESSAGE 4 An intern said %NEW_STATION_NAME% would be a cool name. That's your station's name now.
-RANDOMIZING_STATION_NAME_MESSAGE 5 Our predictive language model has renamed your station to %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
-RANDOMIZING_STATION_NAME_MESSAGE 6 It's %NEW_STATION_NAME% now.
-RANDOMIZING_STATION_NAME_MESSAGE 7 The CEO demanded that your station be named %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
-RANDOMIZING_STATION_NAME_MESSAGE 8 Our intern accidentally wiped the database, so your station needs a new name: %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
-RANDOMIZING_STATION_NAME_MESSAGE 9 Due to copyright infringement, the station is now temporarily renamed to %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
-RANDOMIZING_STATION_NAME_MESSAGE 10 Due to recent corporate acquisitions, the station has been rebranded to %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
-RANDOMIZING_STATION_NAME_MESSAGE 11 %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
-RANDOMIZING_STATION_NAME_MESSAGE 12 %NEW_STATION_NAME%? %NEW_STATION_NAME%! %NEW_STATION_NAME%!!!!!!!!
-RANDOMIZING_STATION_NAME_MESSAGE 13 A popular social network application had already claimed the trademark of %CURRENT_STATION_NAME%, the station has been renamed to %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
-RANDOMIZING_STATION_NAME_MESSAGE 14 We're pulling a prank on %RANDOM_CREWMEMBER%, so we've changed the station's name to %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
-RANDOMIZING_STATION_NAME_MESSAGE 15 %RANDOM_NAME% made us change the station name, which is now %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
diff --git a/strings/randomizing_station_name_messages.txt b/strings/randomizing_station_name_messages.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b12dba310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/strings/randomizing_station_name_messages.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Due to internal affairs, the station is now named %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
+The solar system's government has formally requested that the station now be named %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
+A gorilla broke into the office and destroyed a bunch of paperwork. We don't know what your station's old name was. It's now %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
+An intern said %NEW_STATION_NAME% would be a cool name. That's your station's name now.
+Our predictive language model has renamed your station to %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
+It's %NEW_STATION_NAME% now.
+The CEO demanded that your station be named %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
+Our intern accidentally wiped the database, so your station needs a new name: %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
+Due to copyright infringement, the station is now temporarily renamed to %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
+Due to recent corporate acquisitions, the station has been rebranded to %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
+%NEW_STATION_NAME%.
+%NEW_STATION_NAME%? %NEW_STATION_NAME%! %NEW_STATION_NAME%!!!!!!!!
+A popular social network application had already claimed the trademark of %CURRENT_STATION_NAME%, the station has been renamed to %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
+We're pulling a prank on %RANDOM_CREWMEMBER%, so we've changed the station's name to %NEW_STATION_NAME%.
+%RANDOM_NAME% made us change the station name, which is now %NEW_STATION_NAME%.