diff --git a/src/engine/gameManager/NPCManager.java b/src/engine/gameManager/NPCManager.java
index e16533b0..b4362249 100644
--- a/src/engine/gameManager/NPCManager.java
+++ b/src/engine/gameManager/NPCManager.java
@@ -345,17 +345,7 @@ public enum NPCManager {
 
         // Pets are regular mobiles not hirelings (Siege engines)
 
-        if (!abstractCharacter.getObjectType().equals(Enum.GameObjectType.Mob))
-            abstractCharacter.building.getHirelings().put(abstractCharacter, buildingSlot);
-        else {
-            Mob mobile = (Mob) abstractCharacter;
-
-            // Siege engines are not hirelings but minions of said hireling.
-
-            if (mobile.behaviourType.equals(Enum.MobBehaviourType.SiegeEngine) ||
-                    mobile.behaviourType.equals(Enum.MobBehaviourType.GuardCaptain))
-                abstractCharacter.building.getHirelings().put(abstractCharacter, buildingSlot);
-        }
+        abstractCharacter.building.getHirelings().put(abstractCharacter, buildingSlot);
 
         // Override bind and location for  this npc derived
         // from BuildingManager slot location data.