Remove monkeypatch and apply appropriate changes to _stringify_time_unit

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/bot/cogs/slowmode.py b/bot/cogs/slowmode.py
index 830273174..88f19b2f1 100644
--- a/bot/cogs/slowmode.py
+++ b/bot/cogs/slowmode.py
@@ -31,12 +31,7 @@ class Slowmode(Cog):
     async def get_slowmode(self, ctx: Context, channel: TextChannel) -> None:
         """Get the slowmode delay for a given text channel."""
         delay = relativedelta(seconds=channel.slowmode_delay)
-
-        # Say "0 seconds" instead of "less than a second"
-        if channel.slowmode_delay == 0:
-            humanized_delay = '0 seconds'
-        else:
-            humanized_delay = time.humanize_delta(delay)
+        humanized_delay = time.humanize_delta(delay)
 
         await ctx.send(f'The slowmode delay for {channel.mention} is {humanized_delay}.')
 
diff --git a/bot/utils/time.py b/bot/utils/time.py
index 77060143c..47e49904b 100644
--- a/bot/utils/time.py
+++ b/bot/utils/time.py
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ def _stringify_time_unit(value: int, unit: str) -> str:
     >>> _stringify_time_unit(0, "minutes")
     "less than a minute"
     """
-    if value == 1:
+    if unit == "seconds" and value == 0:
+        return "0 seconds"
+    elif value == 1:
         return f"{value} {unit[:-1]}"
     elif value == 0:
         return f"less than a {unit[:-1]}"