diff --git a/code/game/objects/objs.dm b/code/game/objects/objs.dm
index 3cf139cd8f9..9625cf5efa9 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/objs.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/objs.dm
@@ -307,16 +307,15 @@
 		return FALSE
 	if(!(obj_flags & CAN_BE_HIT) || CHECK_BITFIELD(resistance_flags, PLASMACUTTER_IMMUNE) || CHECK_BITFIELD(resistance_flags, INDESTRUCTIBLE))
 		return FALSE
-	var/obj/item/tool/pickaxe/plasmacutter/plasmacutter = I
-	if(!plasmacutter.powered || (plasmacutter.flags_item & NOBLUDGEON))
+	if(!I.powered || (I.flags_item & NOBLUDGEON))
 		return FALSE
 	if(user.a_intent == INTENT_HARM) // Attack normally.
 		return FALSE
-	if(!plasmacutter.start_cut(user, name, src))
+	if(!I.start_cut(user, name, src))
 		return FALSE
-	if(!do_after(user, plasmacutter.calc_delay(user), NONE, src, BUSY_ICON_HOSTILE))
+	if(!do_after(user, I.calc_delay(user), NONE, src, BUSY_ICON_HOSTILE))
 		return TRUE
 
-	plasmacutter.cut_apart(user, name, src)
+	I.cut_apart(user, name, src)
 	deconstruct(FALSE)
 	return TRUE
diff --git a/code/game/objects/structures/mineral_doors.dm b/code/game/objects/structures/mineral_doors.dm
index 190b33d4a73..1f94e29ee30 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/structures/mineral_doors.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/structures/mineral_doors.dm
@@ -138,16 +138,16 @@
 		return FALSE
 	if(!(obj_flags & CAN_BE_HIT) || CHECK_BITFIELD(resistance_flags, PLASMACUTTER_IMMUNE) || CHECK_BITFIELD(resistance_flags, INDESTRUCTIBLE))
 		return FALSE
-	if(!plasmacutter.powered || (plasmacutter.flags_item & NOBLUDGEON))
+	if(!I.powered || (I.flags_item & NOBLUDGEON))
 		return FALSE
 	var/charge_cost = PLASMACUTTER_BASE_COST * PLASMACUTTER_VLOW_MOD
-	if(!plasmacutter.start_cut(user, name, src, charge_cost, no_string = TRUE))
+	if(!I.start_cut(user, name, src, charge_cost, no_string = TRUE))
 		return FALSE
 
-	user.changeNext_move(plasmacutter.attack_speed)
-	user.do_attack_animation(src, used_item = plasmacutter)
-	plasmacutter.cut_apart(user, name, src, charge_cost)
-	take_damage(max(0, plasmacutter.force * (1 + PLASMACUTTER_RESIN_MULTIPLIER)), plasmacutter.damtype, MELEE)
+	user.changeNext_move(I.attack_speed)
+	user.do_attack_animation(src, used_item = I)
+	I.cut_apart(user, name, src, charge_cost)
+	take_damage(max(0, I.force * (1 + PLASMACUTTER_RESIN_MULTIPLIER)), I.damtype, MELEE)
 	playsound(src, SFX_ALIEN_RESIN_BREAK, 25)
 	return TRUE
 
diff --git a/code/game/turfs/closed.dm b/code/game/turfs/closed.dm
index 9cb816520a8..49a24bd7bc4 100644
--- a/code/game/turfs/closed.dm
+++ b/code/game/turfs/closed.dm
@@ -77,15 +77,14 @@
 	if(CHECK_BITFIELD(resistance_flags, PLASMACUTTER_IMMUNE) || CHECK_BITFIELD(resistance_flags, INDESTRUCTIBLE))
 		to_chat(user, span_warning("[I] can't cut through this!"))
 		return FALSE
-	var/obj/item/tool/pickaxe/plasmacutter/plasmacutter = I
-	if(!plasmacutter.powered || (plasmacutter.flags_item & NOBLUDGEON))
+	if(!I.powered || (I.flags_item & NOBLUDGEON))
 		return FALSE
-	if(!plasmacutter.start_cut(user, name, src))
+	if(!I.start_cut(user, name, src))
 		return FALSE
 	if(!do_after(user, PLASMACUTTER_CUT_DELAY, NONE, src, BUSY_ICON_FRIENDLY))
 		return FALSE
 
-	plasmacutter.cut_apart(user, name, src)
+	I.cut_apart(user, name, src)
 	// Change targetted turf to a new one to simulate deconstruction.
 	ChangeTurf(open_turf_type)
 	return TRUE