diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/VelocityServer.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/VelocityServer.java
index 89f55064e..1a9d71cb4 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/VelocityServer.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/VelocityServer.java
@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@ import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.http.HttpClient;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.security.KeyPair;
-import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -522,8 +520,8 @@ public class VelocityServer implements ProxyServer, ForwardingAudience {
           // makes sure that all the disconnect events are being fired
 
           CompletableFuture<Void> playersTeardownFuture = CompletableFuture.allOf(players.stream()
-              .map(ConnectedPlayer::getTeardownFuture)
-              .toArray((IntFunction<CompletableFuture<Void>[]>) CompletableFuture[]::new));
+                  .map(ConnectedPlayer::getTeardownFuture)
+                  .toArray((IntFunction<CompletableFuture<Void>[]>) CompletableFuture[]::new));
 
           playersTeardownFuture.get(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
         } catch (TimeoutException e) {
@@ -552,14 +550,7 @@ public class VelocityServer implements ProxyServer, ForwardingAudience {
       shutdown = true;
 
       if (explicitExit) {
-        AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Void>() {
-          @Override
-          @SuppressFBWarnings("DM_EXIT")
-          public Void run() {
-            System.exit(0);
-            return null;
-          }
-        });
+        System.exit(0);
       }
     };
 
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/plugin/loader/java/JavaPluginLoader.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/plugin/loader/java/JavaPluginLoader.java
index 3795efd39..d1df777d3 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/plugin/loader/java/JavaPluginLoader.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/plugin/loader/java/JavaPluginLoader.java
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.security.AccessController;
-import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -92,8 +90,7 @@ public class JavaPluginLoader implements PluginLoader {
     URL pluginJarUrl = candidate.getSource().orElseThrow(
         () -> new InvalidPluginException("Description provided does not have a source path")
     ).toUri().toURL();
-    PluginClassLoader loader = AccessController.doPrivileged(
-        (PrivilegedAction<PluginClassLoader>) () -> new PluginClassLoader(new URL[]{pluginJarUrl}));
+    PluginClassLoader loader = new PluginClassLoader(new URL[]{pluginJarUrl});
     loader.addToClassloaders();
 
     JavaVelocityPluginDescriptionCandidate candidateInst =