diff --git a/Content.Server/Containers/ContainerExt.cs b/Content.Server/Containers/ContainerExt.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 9245b58375..0000000000
--- a/Content.Server/Containers/ContainerExt.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-using Robust.Shared.Containers;
-
-namespace Content.Server.Containers
-{
-    public static class ContainerExt
-    {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Searches the entity, and the entities containers recursively for a prototypeId
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="entityUid">The entity to search</param>
-        /// <param name="prototypeId">The prototypeId to find</param>
-        /// <param name="entityManager">Optional entity manager</param>
-        /// <returns>True if entity is, or contains a prototype Id</returns>
-        public static bool ContainsPrototypeRecursive(this EntityUid entityUid, string prototypeId, IEntityManager? entityManager = null)
-        {
-            IoCManager.Resolve(ref entityManager);
-            var metaQuery = entityManager.GetEntityQuery<MetaDataComponent>();
-            var managerQuery = entityManager.GetEntityQuery<ContainerManagerComponent>();
-            var stack = new Stack<ContainerManagerComponent>();
-            if (metaQuery.GetComponent(entityUid).EntityPrototype?.ID == prototypeId)
-                return true;
-            if (!managerQuery.TryGetComponent(entityUid, out var currentManager))
-                return false;
-            do
-            {
-                foreach (var container in currentManager.Containers.Values)
-                {
-                    foreach (var entity in container.ContainedEntities)
-                    {
-                        if (metaQuery.GetComponent(entity).EntityPrototype?.ID == prototypeId)
-                            return true;
-                        if (!managerQuery.TryGetComponent(entity, out var containerManager))
-                            continue;
-                        stack.Push(containerManager);
-                    }
-                }
-            } while (stack.TryPop(out currentManager));
-
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/Content.Server/Objectives/Conditions/StealCondition.cs b/Content.Server/Objectives/Conditions/StealCondition.cs
index 98758cfccb..a5ac6160c5 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Objectives/Conditions/StealCondition.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Objectives/Conditions/StealCondition.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 using Content.Server.Containers;
 using Content.Server.Objectives.Interfaces;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
+using Robust.Shared.Containers;
 using Robust.Shared.Prototypes;
 using Robust.Shared.Serialization;
 using Robust.Shared.Utility;
 
 namespace Content.Server.Objectives.Conditions
 {
+    // Oh god my eyes
     [UsedImplicitly]
     [DataDefinition]
     public sealed class StealCondition : IObjectiveCondition, ISerializationHooks
@@ -46,9 +48,41 @@ namespace Content.Server.Objectives.Conditions
         {
             get
             {
-                if (_mind?.OwnedEntity is not {Valid: true} owned)
-                    return 0f;
-                return owned.ContainsPrototypeRecursive(_prototypeId)? 1f : 0f;
+                var uid = _mind?.OwnedEntity;
+                var entMan = IoCManager.Resolve<IEntityManager>();
+
+                // TODO make this a container system function
+                // or: just iterate through transform children, instead of containers?
+
+                var metaQuery = entMan.GetEntityQuery<MetaDataComponent>();
+                var managerQuery = entMan.GetEntityQuery<ContainerManagerComponent>();
+                var stack = new Stack<ContainerManagerComponent>();
+
+                if (!metaQuery.TryGetComponent(_mind?.OwnedEntity, out var meta))
+                    return 0;
+
+                if (meta.EntityPrototype?.ID == _prototypeId)
+                    return 1;
+
+                if (!managerQuery.TryGetComponent(uid, out var currentManager))
+                    return 0;
+
+                do
+                {
+                    foreach (var container in currentManager.Containers.Values)
+                    {
+                        foreach (var entity in container.ContainedEntities)
+                        {
+                            if (metaQuery.GetComponent(entity).EntityPrototype?.ID == _prototypeId)
+                                return 1;
+                            if (!managerQuery.TryGetComponent(entity, out var containerManager))
+                                continue;
+                            stack.Push(containerManager);
+                        }
+                    }
+                } while (stack.TryPop(out currentManager));
+
+                return 0;
             }
         }