diff --git a/code/game/machinery/teleporter.dm b/code/game/machinery/teleporter.dm
index 64081a77e4..2c54b8b793 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/teleporter.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/teleporter.dm
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
 				log_game("[M] ([key_name(M)]) was turned into a fly person")
 				if(ishuman(M))//don't remove people from the round randomly you jerks
 					var/mob/living/carbon/human/human = M
-					if(human.dna && human.dna.species.id == "human")
 						to_chat(M, "<span class='italics'>You hear a buzzing in your ears.</span>")
 						human.set_species(/datum/species/fly)