diff --git a/code/game/sound.dm b/code/game/sound.dm
index e395a36dff..02be8dbace 100644
--- a/code/game/sound.dm
+++ b/code/game/sound.dm
@@ -316,8 +316,6 @@
 				S = pick('sound/effects/alien_footstep_large1.ogg','sound/effects/alien_footstep_large2.ogg','sound/effects/alien_footstep_large3.ogg')
 			if("alien_footstep_medium")
 				S = pick('sound/effects/alien_footstep_medium1.ogg','sound/effects/alien_footstep_medium2.ogg','sound/effects/alien_footstep_medium3.ogg')
-			if("alien_footstep_small")
-				S = pick('sound/effects/alien_footstep_small1.ogg', 'sound/effects/alien_footstep_small2.ogg', 'sound/effects/alien_footstep_small3.ogg', 'sound/effects/alien_footstep_small4.ogg')
 			if("alien_charge")
 				S = pick('sound/effects/alien_footstep_charge1.ogg','sound/effects/alien_footstep_charge2.ogg','sound/effects/alien_footstep_charge3.ogg')
 			if("alien_resin_build")
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/castes/Drone.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/castes/Drone.dm
index 81a3eb74d2..ab695ffe8b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/castes/Drone.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/castes/Drone.dm
@@ -78,7 +78,3 @@
 
 /mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/drone/init_movement_handler()
 	return new /datum/xeno_ai_movement/drone(src)
-
-/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/drone/Initialize(mapload, mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/oldXeno, h_number, ai_hard_off = FALSE)
-	. = ..()
-	AddComponent(/datum/component/footstep, 3, 100, 12, 1, "alien_footstep_small")
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/castes/Runner.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/castes/Runner.dm
index 4c4e7ba482..6e4660881e 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/castes/Runner.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/castes/Runner.dm
@@ -71,10 +71,6 @@
 	var/linger_deviation = 1
 	var/pull_direction
 
-/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/runner/Initialize(mapload, mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/oldXeno, h_number, ai_hard_off = FALSE)
-	. = ..()
-	AddComponent(/datum/component/footstep, 2, 100, 12, 1, "alien_footstep_small")
-
 /mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/runner/initialize_pass_flags(datum/pass_flags_container/pass_flags_container)
 	..()
 	if (pass_flags_container)
diff --git a/sound/effects/alien_footstep_small1.ogg b/sound/effects/alien_footstep_small1.ogg
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d6ad7b4a0..0000000000
Binary files a/sound/effects/alien_footstep_small1.ogg and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/sound/effects/alien_footstep_small2.ogg b/sound/effects/alien_footstep_small2.ogg
deleted file mode 100644
index c33f248acd..0000000000
Binary files a/sound/effects/alien_footstep_small2.ogg and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/sound/effects/alien_footstep_small3.ogg b/sound/effects/alien_footstep_small3.ogg
deleted file mode 100644
index acff22e386..0000000000
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diff --git a/sound/effects/alien_footstep_small4.ogg b/sound/effects/alien_footstep_small4.ogg
deleted file mode 100644
index 7235a6b9fe..0000000000
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