diff --git a/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/peripheral/modem/wired/BlockCable.java b/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/peripheral/modem/wired/BlockCable.java
index 5f020ee57..f94b8023a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/peripheral/modem/wired/BlockCable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dan200/computercraft/shared/peripheral/modem/wired/BlockCable.java
@@ -181,19 +181,17 @@ public class BlockCable extends BlockGeneric implements Waterloggable {
     //            : new ItemStack( ComputerCraftRegistry.ModItems.CABLE.get() );
     //    }
 
-    // Commenting override to allow cable modems to be placed on chests, so that chests can be generic inventory peripherals.
-    // TODO Perhaps there is a more selective way to achieve this?
-    //    @Override
-    //    @Deprecated
-    //    public boolean canPlaceAt(BlockState state, @Nonnull WorldView world, @Nonnull BlockPos pos) {
-    //        Direction facing = state.get(MODEM)
-    //                                .getFacing();
-    //        if (facing == null) {
-    //            return true;
-    //        }
-    //
-    //        return sideCoversSmallSquare(world, pos.offset(facing), facing.getOpposite());
-    //    }
+    @Override
+    @Deprecated
+    public boolean canPlaceAt(BlockState state, @Nonnull WorldView world, @Nonnull BlockPos pos) {
+        Direction facing = state.get(MODEM)
+                                .getFacing();
+        if (facing == null) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return sideCoversSmallSquare(world, pos.offset(facing), facing.getOpposite());
+    }
 
     @Nonnull
     @Override