diff --git a/Content.Server/_Impstation/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/Effects/Components/ScrambleDNAArtifactComponent.cs b/Content.Server/_Impstation/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/Effects/Components/ScrambleDNAArtifactComponent.cs
index 114810bf57de86..27e41e218faddc 100644
--- a/Content.Server/_Impstation/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/Effects/Components/ScrambleDNAArtifactComponent.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/_Impstation/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/Effects/Components/ScrambleDNAArtifactComponent.cs
@@ -17,18 +17,4 @@ public sealed partial class ScrambleDNAArtifactComponent : Component
     /// </summary>
     [DataField("count"), ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadWrite)]
     public int Count = 1;
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Force scrambling to respect initial species
-    /// </summary>
-    [DataField("withinSpecies"), ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadWrite)]
-    public bool WithinSpecies = true;
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// if WithinSpecies is false, what species cannot be rolled
-    /// </summary>
-    [DataField("excludedSpecies"), ViewVariables(VVAccess.ReadWrite)]
-    public HashSet<string>? ExcludedSpecies = null;
-
-
 }
diff --git a/Content.Server/_Impstation/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/Effects/Systems/ScrambleDNAArtifactSystem.cs b/Content.Server/_Impstation/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/Effects/Systems/ScrambleDNAArtifactSystem.cs
index 7ceee0f6303945..ccb7a6776328dc 100644
--- a/Content.Server/_Impstation/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/Effects/Systems/ScrambleDNAArtifactSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/_Impstation/Xenoarchaeology/XenoArtifacts/Effects/Systems/ScrambleDNAArtifactSystem.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ private void ScrambleTargetDNA(EntityUid target, ScrambleDNAArtifactComponent co
     {
         if (TryComp<HumanoidAppearanceComponent>(target, out var humanoid))
         {
-            var newProfile = (component.WithinSpecies ? HumanoidCharacterProfile.RandomWithSpecies(humanoid.Species) : HumanoidCharacterProfile.Random(component.ExcludedSpecies));
+            var newProfile = (HumanoidCharacterProfile.RandomWithSpecies(humanoid.Species));
             _humanoidAppearance.LoadProfile(target, newProfile, humanoid);
             _metaData.SetEntityName(target, newProfile.Name);
             if (TryComp<DnaComponent>(target, out var dna))
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/XenoArch/Effects/normal_effects.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/XenoArch/Effects/normal_effects.yml
index 60f7e32dfdd5ab..fd80261d094889 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/XenoArch/Effects/normal_effects.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/XenoArch/Effects/normal_effects.yml
@@ -1089,7 +1089,6 @@
   components:
   - type: ScrambleDNAArtifact
     range: 4
-    withinSpecies: true
     count: 1
 
 - type: artifactEffect