diff --git a/evennia/scripts/tickerhandler.py b/evennia/scripts/tickerhandler.py
index 5af87f1445..3b2c95843a 100644
--- a/evennia/scripts/tickerhandler.py
+++ b/evennia/scripts/tickerhandler.py
@@ -585,9 +585,9 @@ class TickerHandler(object):
         self.ticker_pool.stop(interval)
         if interval:
             self.ticker_storage = dict(
-                (store_key, store_key)
-                for store_key in self.ticker_storage
-                if store_key[1] != interval
+                (store_key, store_value)
+                for store_key, store_value in self.ticker_storage.items()
+                if store_key[3] != interval
             )
         else:
             self.ticker_storage = {}