diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/base_contraband.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/base_contraband.yml
index fffa4b506cc..b51b6ca6bca 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/base_contraband.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Objects/base_contraband.yml
@@ -1,39 +1,41 @@
-# non-stealth syndicate stuff
+### ALL COMPONENTS COMMENTED DUE TO CORVAX HiddenDescriptionSystem
+
+# non-stealth syndicate stuff
 - type: entity
   id: BaseSyndicateContraband
   abstract: true
   components:
-  - type: Contraband
-    severity: Syndicate
-    # no one should be carrying this around visibly!
-    allowedDepartments: null
+  # - type: Contraband
+  #   severity: Syndicate
+  #   # no one should be carrying this around visibly!
+  #   allowedDepartments: null
 
 # minor contraband not departmentally restricted -- improvised weapons etc
 - type: entity
   id: BaseMinorContraband
   abstract: true
   components:
-  - type: Contraband
-    severity: Minor
-    # according to space law no dept is authorized to have
-    allowedDepartments: null
+  # - type: Contraband
+  #   severity: Minor
+  #   # according to space law no dept is authorized to have
+  #   allowedDepartments: null
 
 # major contraband, for things like guns or weaponry that don't belong to any department and aren't syndicate specific
 - type: entity
   id: BaseMajorContraband
   abstract: true
   components:
-  - type: Contraband
-    severity: Major
-    allowedDepartments: null
+  # - type: Contraband
+  #   severity: Major
+  #   allowedDepartments: null
 
 # minor contraband by default restricted to security only
 - type: entity
   id: BaseRestrictedContraband
   abstract: true
   components:
-  - type: Contraband
-    severity: Restricted
+  # - type: Contraband
+  #   severity: Restricted
 
 # departmentally restricted contraband -- this covers every configuration currently listed in space law
 - type: entity
@@ -41,70 +43,70 @@
   parent: BaseRestrictedContraband
   abstract: true
   components:
-  - type: Contraband
-    allowedDepartments: [ Command ]
+  # - type: Contraband
+  #   allowedDepartments: [ Command ]
 
 - type: entity
   id: BaseSecurityCommandContraband
   parent: BaseRestrictedContraband
   abstract: true
   components:
-  - type: Contraband
-    allowedDepartments: [ Security, Command ]
+  # - type: Contraband
+  #   allowedDepartments: [ Security, Command ]
 
 - type: entity
   id: BaseSecurityScienceCommandContraband
   parent: BaseRestrictedContraband
   abstract: true
   components:
-  - type: Contraband
-    allowedDepartments: [ Security, Science, Command ]
+  # - type: Contraband
+  #   allowedDepartments: [ Security, Science, Command ]
 
 - type: entity
   id: BaseSecurityEngineeringContraband
   parent: BaseRestrictedContraband
   abstract: true
   components:
-  - type: Contraband
-    allowedDepartments: [ Security, Engineering ]
+  # - type: Contraband
+  #   allowedDepartments: [ Security, Engineering ]
 
 - type: entity
   id: BaseEngineeringContraband
   parent: BaseRestrictedContraband
   abstract: true
   components:
-  - type: Contraband
-    allowedDepartments: [ Engineering ]
+  # - type: Contraband
+  #   allowedDepartments: [ Engineering ]
 
 - type: entity
   id: BaseScienceContraband
   parent: BaseRestrictedContraband
   abstract: true
   components:
-  - type: Contraband
-    allowedDepartments: [ Science ]
+  # - type: Contraband
+  #   allowedDepartments: [ Science ]
 
 - type: entity
   id: BaseSecurityCargoContraband
   parent: BaseRestrictedContraband
   abstract: true
   components:
-  - type: Contraband
-    allowedDepartments: [ Security, Cargo ]
+  # - type: Contraband
+  #   allowedDepartments: [ Security, Cargo ]
 
 - type: entity
   id: BaseCargoContraband
   parent: BaseRestrictedContraband
   abstract: true
   components:
-  - type: Contraband
-    allowedDepartments: [ Cargo ]
+  # - type: Contraband
+  #   allowedDepartments: [ Cargo ]
 
 # for ~objective items
 - type: entity
   id: BaseGrandTheftContraband
   abstract: true
   components:
-  - type: Contraband
-    severity: GrandTheft
-    allowedDepartments: [ Command ]
+  # - type: Contraband
+  #   severity: GrandTheft
+  #   allowedDepartments: [ Command ]