diff --git a/Content.Server/Telephone/TelephoneSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Telephone/TelephoneSystem.cs
index ab3026fc97..4c87707cc6 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Telephone/TelephoneSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Telephone/TelephoneSystem.cs
@@ -490,6 +490,6 @@ public sealed class TelephoneSystem : SharedTelephoneSystem
 
     public bool IsTelephonePowered(Entity<TelephoneComponent> entity)
     {
-        return this.IsPowered(entity, EntityManager) || !entity.Comp.RequiresPower;
+        return this.IsPowered(entity, EntityManager);
     }
 }
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Telephone/TelephoneComponent.cs b/Content.Shared/Telephone/TelephoneComponent.cs
index c24840ce01..89748d78a4 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Telephone/TelephoneComponent.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Telephone/TelephoneComponent.cs
@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@ public sealed partial class TelephoneComponent : Component
     [DataField]
     public float ListeningRange = 2;
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Specifies whether this telephone require power to fucntion
-    /// </summary>
-    [DataField]
-    public bool RequiresPower = true;
-
     /// <summary>
     /// This telephone should not appear on public telephone directories
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/Player/silicon.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/Player/silicon.yml
index d70c13187f..303f7dc676 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/Player/silicon.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/Player/silicon.yml
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@
         acts: [ "Destruction" ]
   - type: ApcPowerReceiver
     powerLoad: 1000
+    needsPower: false
   - type: StationAiCore
   - type: StationAiVision
   - type: InteractionOutline
@@ -218,7 +219,6 @@
     listeningRange: 0
     speakerVolume: Speak
     unlistedNumber: true
-    requiresPower: false
   - type: Holopad
   - type: StationAiWhitelist
   - type: UserInterface