diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftVarintLengthCompositeEncoder.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftVarintLengthCompositeEncoder.java
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--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftVarintLengthCompositeEncoder.java
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-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2018-2023 Velocity Contributors
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-package com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.netty;
-
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.ProtocolUtils;
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
-import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler;
-import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
-import io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToMessageEncoder;
-import java.util.List;
-
-/**
- * Handler for appending a length for Minecraft packets using composite buffers.
- */
-@ChannelHandler.Sharable
-public class MinecraftVarintLengthCompositeEncoder extends MessageToMessageEncoder<ByteBuf> {
-
-  public static final MinecraftVarintLengthCompositeEncoder INSTANCE = new MinecraftVarintLengthCompositeEncoder();
-
-  private MinecraftVarintLengthCompositeEncoder() {
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  protected void encode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf buf,
-      List<Object> list) throws Exception {
-    ByteBuf varIntBuffer = ctx.alloc().ioBuffer(ProtocolUtils.varIntBytes(buf.readableBytes()));
-    ProtocolUtils.writeVarInt(varIntBuffer, buf.readableBytes());
-    list.add(varIntBuffer);
-    list.add(buf.retain());
-  }
-}