diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/util/LegacyChatColorUtils.java b/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/util/LegacyChatColorUtils.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a21b97ffd..000000000
--- a/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/util/LegacyChatColorUtils.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-package com.velocitypowered.api.util;
-
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
-import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
-
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-
-/**
- * LegacyChatColorUtils contains utilities for handling legacy Minecraft color codes. Generally, you should prefer
- * JSON-based components, but for convenience Velocity provides a limited set of tools to handle Minecraft color codes.
- */
-public class LegacyChatColorUtils {
-    private LegacyChatColorUtils() {
-        throw new AssertionError();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Represents the legacy Minecraft format character, the section symbol.
-     */
-    public static final char FORMAT_CHAR = '\u00a7';
-
-    /**
-     * Translates a string with Minecraft color codes prefixed with a different character than the section symbol into
-     * a string that uses the section symbol.
-     * @param originalChar the char the color codes are prefixed by
-     * @param text the text to translate
-     * @return the translated text
-     */
-    public static String translate(char originalChar, @NonNull String text) {
-        Preconditions.checkNotNull(text, "text");
-        char[] textChars = text.toCharArray();
-        int foundSectionIdx = -1;
-        for (int i = 0; i < textChars.length; i++) {
-            char textChar = textChars[i];
-            if (textChar == originalChar) {
-                foundSectionIdx = i;
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if (foundSectionIdx >= 0) {
-                textChar = Character.toLowerCase(textChar);
-                if ((textChar >= 'a' && textChar <= 'f') || (textChar >= '0' && textChar <= '9') ||
-                        (textChar >= 'l' && textChar <= 'o' || textChar == 'r')) {
-                    textChars[foundSectionIdx] = FORMAT_CHAR;
-                }
-                foundSectionIdx = -1;
-            }
-        }
-        return new String(textChars);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * A regex that matches all Minecraft color codes and removes them.
-     */
-    private static final Pattern CHAT_COLOR_MATCHER = Pattern.compile("(?i)" + Character.toString(FORMAT_CHAR) + "[0-9A-FL-OR]");
-
-    /**
-     * Removes all Minecraft color codes from the string.
-     * @param text the text to remove color codes from
-     * @return a new String without Minecraft color codes
-     */
-    public static String removeFormatting(@NonNull String text) {
-        Preconditions.checkNotNull(text, "text");
-        return CHAT_COLOR_MATCHER.matcher(text).replaceAll("");
-    }
-}
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/com/velocitypowered/api/util/LegacyChatColorUtilsTest.java b/api/src/test/java/com/velocitypowered/api/util/LegacyChatColorUtilsTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b98b7027b..000000000
--- a/api/src/test/java/com/velocitypowered/api/util/LegacyChatColorUtilsTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-package com.velocitypowered.api.util;
-
-import com.velocitypowered.api.util.LegacyChatColorUtils;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
-
-class LegacyChatColorUtilsTest {
-    private static final String NON_FORMATTED = "Velocity";
-    private static final String FORMATTED = "\u00a7cVelocity";
-    private static final String FORMATTED_MULTIPLE = "\u00a7c\u00a7lVelocity";
-    private static final String FORMATTED_MULTIPLE_VARIED = "\u00a7c\u00a7lVelo\u00a7a\u00a7mcity";
-    private static final String INVALID = "\u00a7gVelocity";
-    private static final String RAW_SECTION = "\u00a7";
-
-    @Test
-    void removeFormattingNonFormatted() {
-        assertEquals(NON_FORMATTED, LegacyChatColorUtils.removeFormatting(NON_FORMATTED));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void removeFormattingFormatted() {
-        assertEquals(NON_FORMATTED, LegacyChatColorUtils.removeFormatting(FORMATTED));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void removeFormattingFormattedMultiple() {
-        assertEquals(NON_FORMATTED, LegacyChatColorUtils.removeFormatting(FORMATTED_MULTIPLE));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void removeFormattingFormattedMultipleVaried() {
-        assertEquals(NON_FORMATTED, LegacyChatColorUtils.removeFormatting(FORMATTED_MULTIPLE_VARIED));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void removeFormattingInvalidFormat() {
-        assertEquals(INVALID, LegacyChatColorUtils.removeFormatting(INVALID));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void removeFormattingRawSection() {
-        assertEquals(RAW_SECTION, LegacyChatColorUtils.removeFormatting(RAW_SECTION));
-    }
-    
-    @Test
-    void translate() {
-        assertEquals(FORMATTED, LegacyChatColorUtils.translate('&', "&cVelocity"));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void translateMultiple() {
-        assertEquals(FORMATTED_MULTIPLE, LegacyChatColorUtils.translate('&', "&c&lVelocity"));
-        assertEquals(FORMATTED_MULTIPLE_VARIED, LegacyChatColorUtils.translate('&', "&c&lVelo&a&mcity"));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    void translateDifferentChar() {
-        assertEquals(FORMATTED, LegacyChatColorUtils.translate('$', "$cVelocity"));
-        assertEquals(FORMATTED_MULTIPLE_VARIED, LegacyChatColorUtils.translate('$', "$c$lVelo$a$mcity"));
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/VelocityConfiguration.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/VelocityConfiguration.java
index feb076dbb..c2ada433c 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/VelocityConfiguration.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/config/VelocityConfiguration.java
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.moandjiezana.toml.Toml;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.util.Favicon;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.util.AddressUtil;
-import com.velocitypowered.api.util.LegacyChatColorUtils;
-import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufUtil;
 import net.kyori.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.text.serializer.ComponentSerializers;