diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/blackbox.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/blackbox.dm
index 08b67f128951e8..6512ca6b97f5cc 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/blackbox.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/blackbox.dm
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(blackbox)
 	if (!length(sqlrowlist))
 		return
 
-	SSdbcore.MassInsert(format_table_name("feedback"), sqlrowlist, ignore_errors = TRUE, delayed = TRUE, special_columns = special_columns)
+	SSdbcore.MassInsert(format_table_name("feedback"), sqlrowlist, ignore_errors = TRUE, special_columns = special_columns)
 
 /datum/controller/subsystem/blackbox/proc/Seal()
 	if(sealed)
diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/dbcore.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/dbcore.dm
index 2f2675ede7ed7e..15484fb9cc6100 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/dbcore.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/dbcore.dm
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(dbcore)
 
 		// SKYRAT EDIT START - SQL-based logging
 		for(var/table in queued_log_entries_by_table)
-			MassInsert(table, rows = queued_log_entries_by_table[table], duplicate_key = FALSE, ignore_errors = FALSE, delayed = FALSE, warn = FALSE, async = TRUE, special_columns = null)
+			MassInsert(table, rows = queued_log_entries_by_table[table], duplicate_key = FALSE, ignore_errors = FALSE, warn = FALSE, async = TRUE, special_columns = null)
 		// SKYRAT EDIT END
 
 		var/datum/db_query/query_round_shutdown = SSdbcore.NewQuery(
@@ -404,11 +404,8 @@ The duplicate_key arg can be true to automatically generate this part of the que
 	or set to a string that is appended to the end of the query
 Ignore_errors instructes mysql to continue inserting rows if some of them have errors.
 	the erroneous row(s) aren't inserted and there isn't really any way to know why or why errored
-Delayed insert mode was removed in mysql 7 and only works with MyISAM type tables,
-	It was included because it is still supported in mariadb.
-	It does not work with duplicate_key and the mysql server ignores it in those cases
 */
-/datum/controller/subsystem/dbcore/proc/MassInsert(table, list/rows, duplicate_key = FALSE, ignore_errors = FALSE, delayed = FALSE, warn = FALSE, async = TRUE, special_columns = null)
+/datum/controller/subsystem/dbcore/proc/MassInsert(table, list/rows, duplicate_key = FALSE, ignore_errors = FALSE, warn = FALSE, async = TRUE, special_columns = null)
 	if (!table || !rows || !istype(rows))
 		return
 
@@ -425,8 +422,6 @@ Delayed insert mode was removed in mysql 7 and only works with MyISAM type table
 
 	// Prepare SQL query full of placeholders
 	var/list/query_parts = list("INSERT")
-	if (delayed)
-		query_parts += " DELAYED"
 	if (ignore_errors)
 		query_parts += " IGNORE"
 	query_parts += " INTO "
diff --git a/modular_skyrat/master_files/code/controllers/subsystem/dbcore.dm b/modular_skyrat/master_files/code/controllers/subsystem/dbcore.dm
index 1d83fb8361e15b..d734bc62f94276 100644
--- a/modular_skyrat/master_files/code/controllers/subsystem/dbcore.dm
+++ b/modular_skyrat/master_files/code/controllers/subsystem/dbcore.dm
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@
 	if(length(queued_log_entries_by_table[table]) < CONFIG_GET(number/sql_game_log_min_bundle_size))
 		return
 
-	INVOKE_ASYNC(src, PROC_REF(MassInsert), table, /*rows =*/ queued_log_entries_by_table[table], /*duplicate_key =*/ FALSE, /*ignore_errors =*/ FALSE, /*delayed =*/ FALSE, /*warn =*/ FALSE, /*async =*/ TRUE, /*special_columns =*/ null)
+	INVOKE_ASYNC(src, PROC_REF(MassInsert), table, /*rows =*/ queued_log_entries_by_table[table], /*duplicate_key =*/ FALSE, /*ignore_errors =*/ FALSE, /*warn =*/ FALSE, /*async =*/ TRUE, /*special_columns =*/ null)
 	queued_log_entries_by_table -= table