diff --git a/code/modules/mob/telepathy.dm b/code/modules/mob/telepathy.dm
index 276d664cebf..723f0578080 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/telepathy.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/telepathy.dm
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@
 	telepathy_eavesdrop(source, message, verb, language)
 	show_runechat_message(source, language, capitalize(runechat_message), null, SHOWMSG_AUDIO)
 
-/mob/proc/add_remote_hearer(mob/hearer, IGNORE_DISTANTS)
+/mob/proc/add_remote_hearer(mob/hearer, ignore_distants)
 	LAZYADD(remote_hearers, hearer)
 	LAZYADD(hearer.remote_hearing, src)
-	ignore_telepathy_distants = IGNORE_DISTANTS
+	ignore_telepathy_distants = ignore_distants
 
-/mob/proc/remove_remote_hearer(mob/hearer, IGNORE_DISTANTS)
+/mob/proc/remove_remote_hearer(mob/hearer, ignore_distants)
 	LAZYREMOVE(remote_hearers, hearer)
 	LAZYREMOVE(hearer.remote_hearing, src)
-	ignore_telepathy_distants = !IGNORE_DISTANTS
+	ignore_telepathy_distants = !ignore_distants
 
-/mob/proc/toggle_telepathy_hear(mob/M ,IGNORE_DISTANTS)
+/mob/proc/toggle_telepathy_hear(mob/M ,ignore_distants)
 	set name = "Toggle Telepathic Eavesdropping"
 	set desc = "Hear anything that mob hears."
 	set category = "Telepathy"
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@
 		return
 
 	if(src in M.remote_hearers)
-		M.remove_remote_hearer(src,IGNORE_DISTANTS)
+		M.remove_remote_hearer(src,ignore_distants)
 		to_chat(src, "<span class='notice'>You stop telepathically eavesdropping on [M].</span>")
 
 	else if(length(remote_hearing) < CLEAR_TELEPATHY_TARGETS)
-		M.add_remote_hearer(src, IGNORE_DISTANTS)
+		M.add_remote_hearer(src, ignore_distants)
 		to_chat(src, "<span class='notice'>You start telepathically eavesdropping on [M].</span>")
 
 /mob/proc/telepathy_say()