diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/BackendPlaySessionHandler.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/BackendPlaySessionHandler.java
index eaa81709f..557b78844 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/BackendPlaySessionHandler.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/BackendPlaySessionHandler.java
@@ -157,11 +157,6 @@ public class BackendPlaySessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
       return true;
     }
 
-    if (!serverConn.getPlayer().canForwardPluginMessage(serverConn.ensureConnected()
-        .getProtocolVersion(), packet)) {
-      return true;
-    }
-
     // We need to specially handle REGISTER and UNREGISTER packets. Later on, we'll write them to
     // the client.
     if (PluginMessageUtil.isRegister(packet)) {
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/TransitionSessionHandler.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/TransitionSessionHandler.java
index 3ba2fd217..356825841 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/TransitionSessionHandler.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/backend/TransitionSessionHandler.java
@@ -168,11 +168,6 @@ public class TransitionSessionHandler implements MinecraftSessionHandler {
 
   @Override
   public boolean handle(PluginMessage packet) {
-    if (!serverConn.getPlayer().canForwardPluginMessage(serverConn.ensureConnected()
-        .getProtocolVersion(), packet)) {
-      return true;
-    }
-
     if (PluginMessageUtil.isRegister(packet)) {
       serverConn.getPlayer().getKnownChannels().addAll(PluginMessageUtil.getChannels(packet));
     } else if (PluginMessageUtil.isUnregister(packet)) {
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java
index 0360bc255..2839b0278 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/connection/client/ConnectedPlayer.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.config.VelocityConfiguration;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.MinecraftConnection;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.MinecraftConnectionAssociation;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.backend.VelocityServerConnection;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.forge.legacy.LegacyForgeConstants;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.player.VelocityResourcePackInfo;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.util.ConnectionMessages;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.connection.util.ConnectionRequestResults.Impl;
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.KeepAlive;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.PluginMessage;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.ResourcePackRequest;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.packet.title.GenericTitlePacket;
-import com.velocitypowered.proxy.protocol.util.PluginMessageUtil;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.server.VelocityRegisteredServer;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.tablist.VelocityTabList;
 import com.velocitypowered.proxy.tablist.VelocityTabListLegacy;
@@ -928,31 +926,6 @@ public class ConnectedPlayer implements MinecraftConnectionAssociation, Player {
     return knownChannels;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Determines whether or not we can forward a plugin message onto the client.
-   * @param version the Minecraft protocol version
-   * @param message the plugin message to forward to the client
-   * @return {@code true} if the message can be forwarded, {@code false} otherwise
-   */
-  public boolean canForwardPluginMessage(ProtocolVersion version, PluginMessage message) {
-    boolean minecraftOrFmlMessage;
-
-    // By default, all internal Minecraft and Forge channels are forwarded from the server.
-    if (version.compareTo(ProtocolVersion.MINECRAFT_1_12_2) <= 0) {
-      String channel = message.getChannel();
-      minecraftOrFmlMessage = channel.startsWith("MC|")
-          || channel.startsWith(LegacyForgeConstants.FORGE_LEGACY_HANDSHAKE_CHANNEL)
-          || PluginMessageUtil.isLegacyRegister(message)
-          || PluginMessageUtil.isLegacyUnregister(message);
-    } else {
-      minecraftOrFmlMessage = message.getChannel().startsWith("minecraft:");
-    }
-
-    // Otherwise, we need to see if the player already knows this channel or it's known by the
-    // proxy.
-    return minecraftOrFmlMessage || knownChannels.contains(message.getChannel());
-  }
-
   private class IdentityImpl implements Identity {
     @Override
     public @NonNull UUID uuid() {
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/util/PluginMessageUtil.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/util/PluginMessageUtil.java
index 5e30c1352..bad56a843 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/util/PluginMessageUtil.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/util/PluginMessageUtil.java
@@ -79,27 +79,6 @@ public final class PluginMessageUtil {
         .equals(UNREGISTER_CHANNEL);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Determines whether or not this plugin message is a legacy (<1.13) registration plugin message.
-   * @param message the plugin message
-   * @return whether this is a legacy register message
-   */
-  public static boolean isLegacyRegister(PluginMessage message) {
-    checkNotNull(message, "message");
-    return message.getChannel().equals(REGISTER_CHANNEL_LEGACY);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Determines whether or not this plugin message is a legacy (<1.13) unregistration plugin
-   * message.
-   * @param message the plugin message
-   * @return whether this is a legacy unregister message
-   */
-  public static boolean isLegacyUnregister(PluginMessage message) {
-    checkNotNull(message, "message");
-    return message.getChannel().equals(UNREGISTER_CHANNEL_LEGACY);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Fetches all the channels in a register or unregister plugin message.
    * @param message the message to get the channels from