diff --git a/src/microbe_stage/systems/PilusDamageSystem.cs b/src/microbe_stage/systems/PilusDamageSystem.cs
index f6753034d2..ca0adb7a26 100644
--- a/src/microbe_stage/systems/PilusDamageSystem.cs
+++ b/src/microbe_stage/systems/PilusDamageSystem.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 using DefaultEcs;
 using DefaultEcs.System;
 using DefaultEcs.Threading;
-using Godot;
 
 /// <summary>
 ///   Handles applying pilus damage to microbes
@@ -22,11 +21,10 @@
 [RuntimeCost(1)]
 public sealed class PilusDamageSystem : AEntitySetSystem<float>
 {
-    private PackedScene burstEffect = GD.Load<PackedScene>("res://src/microbe_stage/particles/CellBurstEffect.tscn");
-
     private IWorldSimulation worldSimulation;
 
-    public PilusDamageSystem(World world, IParallelRunner parallelRunner, IWorldSimulation worldSimulation) : base(world, parallelRunner)
+    public PilusDamageSystem(World world, IParallelRunner parallelRunner, IWorldSimulation worldSimulation) :
+        base(world, parallelRunner)
     {
         this.worldSimulation = worldSimulation;
     }
@@ -86,7 +84,8 @@ protected override void Update(float delta, in Entity entity)
             }
 
             DealPilusDamage(ref ourExtraData, ref collision, collision.SecondEntity);
-            SpawnHelpers.SpawnCellBurstEffect(worldSimulation, collision.SecondEntity.Get<WorldPosition>().Position, 0.5f);
+            SpawnHelpers.SpawnCellBurstEffect(worldSimulation, collision.SecondEntity.Get<WorldPosition>()
+                .Position, 0.5f);
         }
     }