diff --git a/code/datums/elements/_element.dm b/code/datums/elements/_element.dm
index 8f9b97db22..17e2b12232 100644
--- a/code/datums/elements/_element.dm
+++ b/code/datums/elements/_element.dm
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	if(type == /datum/element)
 		return ELEMENT_INCOMPATIBLE
 	if(element_flags & ELEMENT_DETACH)
-		RegisterSignal(target, COMSIG_PARENT_QDELETING, .proc/Detach)
+		RegisterSignal(target, COMSIG_PARENT_QDELETING, .proc/Detach, override = TRUE)
 
 /datum/element/proc/Detach(datum/source, force)
 	UnregisterSignal(source, COMSIG_PARENT_QDELETING)
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@
   */
 /datum/proc/RemoveElement(eletype, ...)
 	var/datum/element/ele = SSdcs.GetElement(arglist(args))
-	ele.Detach(src)
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+	ele.Detach(src)