diff --git a/src/main/java/li/cil/oc2/common/util/ResourceUtils.java b/src/main/java/li/cil/oc2/common/util/ResourceUtils.java
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--- a/src/main/java/li/cil/oc2/common/util/ResourceUtils.java
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-package li.cil.oc2.common.util;
-
-import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
-import net.minecraft.resources.IResource;
-import net.minecraft.resources.IResourceManager;
-import net.minecraft.resources.data.IMetadataSectionSerializer;
-import net.minecraft.util.JSONUtils;
-import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;
-
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-
-public final class ResourceUtils {
-    @Nullable
-    public static <T> T getMetadata(final IResourceManager manager, final ResourceLocation resourceLocation, final IMetadataSectionSerializer<T> serializer) throws IOException {
-        final ResourceLocation metadataLocation = new ResourceLocation(
-                resourceLocation.getNamespace(), resourceLocation.getPath() + ".mcmeta");
-        if (!manager.hasResource(metadataLocation)) {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        try (final IResource metadataResource = manager.getResource(metadataLocation)) {
-            final BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(metadataResource.getInputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-            final JsonObject metadataJson = JSONUtils.parse(bufferedReader);
-            if (metadataJson == null) {
-                return null;
-            }
-
-            final String sectionName = serializer.getMetadataSectionName();
-            if (!metadataJson.has(sectionName)) {
-                return null;
-            }
-
-            final JsonObject section = JSONUtils.convertToJsonObject(metadataJson, sectionName);
-            return serializer.fromJson(section);
-        }
-    }
-}