diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9f05623cf..3e111d240 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ targetCompatibility = 1.8
 repositories {
     mavenLocal()
     mavenCentral()
+    maven {
+        url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/'
+    }
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile "io.netty:netty-handler:${nettyVersion}"
     compile "io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll:${nettyVersion}"
     compile "io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll:${nettyVersion}:linux-x86_64"
-    compile 'net.kyori:text:1.12-1.5.0'
+    compile 'net.kyori:text:1.12-1.6.0-SNAPSHOT'
     compile 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.11.0'
     compile 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.11.0'
     compile 'com.moandjiezana.toml:toml4j:0.7.2'
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java b/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java
index 642625744..4a6df0651 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.data.GameProfile;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packets.Chat;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.MinecraftConnection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.backend.ServerConnection;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.util.ComponentUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.util.ThrowableUtils;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.data.ServerInfo;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packets.Disconnect;
 import net.kyori.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
+import net.kyori.text.TranslatableComponent;
 import net.kyori.text.format.TextColor;
 import net.kyori.text.serializer.ComponentSerializers;
+import net.kyori.text.serializer.PlainComponentSerializer;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation {
+    private static final PlainComponentSerializer PASS_THRU_TRANSLATE = new PlainComponentSerializer((c) -> "", TranslatableComponent::key);
+
     private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(ConnectedPlayer.class);
 
     private final GameProfile profile;
@@ -74,11 +77,11 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation {
 
     public void handleConnectionException(ServerInfo info, Disconnect disconnect) {
         Component disconnectReason = ComponentSerializers.JSON.deserialize(disconnect.getReason());
-        String reason = ComponentUtils.asPlainText(disconnectReason);
+        String plainTextReason = PASS_THRU_TRANSLATE.serialize(disconnectReason);
         if (connectedServer != null && connectedServer.getServerInfo().equals(info)) {
-            logger.error("{}: kicked from server {}: {}", this, info.getName(), reason);
+            logger.error("{}: kicked from server {}: {}", this, info.getName(), plainTextReason);
         } else {
-            logger.error("{}: disconnected while connecting to {}: {}", this, info.getName(), reason);
+            logger.error("{}: disconnected while connecting to {}: {}", this, info.getName(), plainTextReason);
         }
         handleConnectionException(info, disconnectReason);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/util/ComponentUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/util/ComponentUtils.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 09351cea1..000000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/util/ComponentUtils.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-package com.velocitypowered.proxy.util;
-
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
-import net.kyori.text.Component;
-import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
-import net.kyori.text.TranslatableComponent;
-
-public enum ComponentUtils {
-    ;
-
-    public static String asPlainText(Component component) {
-        Preconditions.checkNotNull(component, "component");
-        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
-        appendPlainText(component, builder);
-        return builder.toString();
-    }
-
-    private static void appendPlainText(Component component, StringBuilder builder) {
-        if (component instanceof TextComponent) {
-            builder.append(((TextComponent) component).content());
-        }
-        if (component instanceof TranslatableComponent) {
-            builder.append(((TranslatableComponent) component).key());
-        }
-        for (Component child : component.children()) {
-            appendPlainText(child, builder);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/util/ComponentUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/util/ComponentUtilsTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c314025c..000000000
--- a/src/test/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/util/ComponentUtilsTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package com.velocitypowered.proxy.util;
-
-import net.kyori.text.TextComponent;
-import net.kyori.text.format.TextColor;
-import net.kyori.text.format.TextDecoration;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
-
-class ComponentUtilsTest {
-
-    private static final String SIMPLE_COMPONENT_TEXT = "hello";
-    private static final TextComponent SIMPLE_COMPONENT = TextComponent.of(SIMPLE_COMPONENT_TEXT, TextColor.RED);
-    private static final String COMPLEX_COMPONENT_TEXT = "Hello world! Welcome to Velocity, the Minecraft server proxy built for mass scale.";
-    private static final TextComponent COMPLEX_COMPONENT = TextComponent.builder("Hello world! ")
-            .decoration(TextDecoration.BOLD, true)
-            .append(TextComponent.of("Welcome to "))
-            .decoration(TextDecoration.BOLD, false)
-            .color(TextColor.GREEN)
-            .append(TextComponent.of("Velocity"))
-            .color(TextColor.DARK_AQUA)
-            .append(TextComponent.of(", the Minecraft server proxy built for mass scale."))
-            .resetStyle()
-            .build();
-
-    @Test
-    void asPlainText() {
-        assertEquals(SIMPLE_COMPONENT_TEXT, ComponentUtils.asPlainText(SIMPLE_COMPONENT));
-        assertEquals(COMPLEX_COMPONENT_TEXT, ComponentUtils.asPlainText(COMPLEX_COMPONENT));
-    }
-}
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