diff --git a/Content.Shared/Inventory/VirtualItem/SharedVirtualItemSystem.cs b/Content.Shared/Inventory/VirtualItem/SharedVirtualItemSystem.cs
index 8842223afc..db3a4fd95c 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Inventory/VirtualItem/SharedVirtualItemSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Inventory/VirtualItem/SharedVirtualItemSystem.cs
@@ -103,13 +103,14 @@ public abstract class SharedVirtualItemSystem : EntitySystem
     /// <param name="blockingEnt">The entity we will make a virtual entity copy of</param>
     /// <param name="user">The entity that we want to insert the virtual entity</param>
     /// <param name="dropOthers">Whether or not to try and drop other items to make space</param>
-    public bool TrySpawnVirtualItemInHand(EntityUid blockingEnt, EntityUid user, bool dropOthers = false)
+    /// <param name="silent">If true this won't show a popup when dropping other items</param>
+    public bool TrySpawnVirtualItemInHand(EntityUid blockingEnt, EntityUid user, bool dropOthers = false, bool silent = false)
     {
-        return TrySpawnVirtualItemInHand(blockingEnt, user, out _, dropOthers);
+        return TrySpawnVirtualItemInHand(blockingEnt, user, out _, dropOthers, silent: silent);
     }
 
     /// <inheritdoc cref="TrySpawnVirtualItemInHand(Robust.Shared.GameObjects.EntityUid,Robust.Shared.GameObjects.EntityUid,bool)"/>
-    public bool TrySpawnVirtualItemInHand(EntityUid blockingEnt, EntityUid user, [NotNullWhen(true)] out EntityUid? virtualItem, bool dropOthers = false, string? empty = null)
+    public bool TrySpawnVirtualItemInHand(EntityUid blockingEnt, EntityUid user, [NotNullWhen(true)] out EntityUid? virtualItem, bool dropOthers = false, string? empty = null, bool silent = false)
     {
         virtualItem = null;
         if (empty == null && !_handsSystem.TryGetEmptyHand(user, out empty))
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ public abstract class SharedVirtualItemSystem : EntitySystem
                 if (!_handsSystem.TryDrop(user, hand))
                     continue;
 
-                if (!TerminatingOrDeleted(held))
+                if (!silent && !TerminatingOrDeleted(held))
                     _popup.PopupClient(Loc.GetString("virtual-item-dropped-other", ("dropped", held)), user, user);
 
                 empty = hand;
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Wieldable/SharedWieldableSystem.cs b/Content.Shared/Wieldable/SharedWieldableSystem.cs
index 0a49622f8b..3b9b8dd8e7 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Wieldable/SharedWieldableSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Wieldable/SharedWieldableSystem.cs
@@ -314,7 +314,8 @@ public abstract class SharedWieldableSystem : EntitySystem
         var virtuals = new ValueList<EntityUid>();
         for (var i = 0; i < component.FreeHandsRequired; i++)
         {
-            if (_virtualItem.TrySpawnVirtualItemInHand(used, user, out var virtualItem, true))
+            // don't show a popup when dropping items because it will overlap with the popup for wielding
+            if (_virtualItem.TrySpawnVirtualItemInHand(used, user, out var virtualItem, true, silent: true))
             {
                 virtuals.Add(virtualItem.Value);
                 continue;