diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
index 91134bb6b0a..60f7ef6bda1 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/simple_animal.dm
@@ -359,8 +359,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(playmob_cooldowns)
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/Destroy()
 	GLOB.simple_animals[AIStatus] -= src
-	if (SSnpcpool.state == SS_PAUSED && LAZYLEN(SSnpcpool.currentrun))
-		SSnpcpool.currentrun -= src
+	SSnpcpool.currentrun -= src
 	sever_link_to_nest()
 	if(make_a_nest)
 		QDEL_NULL(make_a_nest)