diff --git a/code/game/world.dm b/code/game/world.dm
index a342200b3d..2d174c86e5 100644
--- a/code/game/world.dm
+++ b/code/game/world.dm
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ GLOBAL_LIST(topic_status_cache)
 
 	log_world("World loaded at [TIME_STAMP("hh:mm:ss", FALSE)]!")
 
-	SetupExternalRSC()
-
 	GLOB.config_error_log = GLOB.world_manifest_log = GLOB.world_pda_log = GLOB.world_job_debug_log = GLOB.sql_error_log = GLOB.world_href_log = GLOB.world_runtime_log = GLOB.world_attack_log = GLOB.world_game_log = "data/logs/config_error.[GUID()].log" //temporary file used to record errors with loading config, moved to log directory once logging is set bl
 
 	make_datum_references_lists()	//initialises global lists for referencing frequently used datums (so that we only ever do it once)
@@ -87,17 +85,6 @@ GLOBAL_LIST(topic_status_cache)
 #endif
 	SSticker.OnRoundstart(CALLBACK(GLOBAL_PROC, /proc/addtimer, cb, 10 SECONDS))
 
-/world/proc/SetupExternalRSC()
-#if (PRELOAD_RSC == 0)
-	GLOB.external_rsc_urls = world.file2list("[global.config.directory]/external_rsc_urls.txt","\n")
-	var/i=1
-	while(i<=GLOB.external_rsc_urls.len)
-		if(GLOB.external_rsc_urls[i])
-			i++
-		else
-			GLOB.external_rsc_urls.Cut(i,i+1)
-#endif
-
 /world/proc/SetupLogs()
 	var/override_dir = params[OVERRIDE_LOG_DIRECTORY_PARAMETER]
 	if(!override_dir)