diff --git a/nova/src/main/kotlin/xyz/xenondevs/nova/util/data/NBTUtils.kt b/nova/src/main/kotlin/xyz/xenondevs/nova/util/data/NBTUtils.kt
index 6fad829af7..991c87d5e5 100644
--- a/nova/src/main/kotlin/xyz/xenondevs/nova/util/data/NBTUtils.kt
+++ b/nova/src/main/kotlin/xyz/xenondevs/nova/util/data/NBTUtils.kt
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ import net.minecraft.nbt.StringTag
 import net.minecraft.nbt.Tag
 import net.minecraft.nbt.TagType
 import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack
-import xyz.xenondevs.cbf.CBF
-import xyz.xenondevs.nova.data.serialization.cbf.CBFCompoundTag
-import xyz.xenondevs.nova.data.serialization.cbf.NamespacedCompound
 import java.util.stream.Stream
 
 object NBTUtils {
@@ -75,12 +72,6 @@ object NBTUtils {
         return tag.stream().map { ItemStack.of(it as CompoundTag) }
     }
     
-    internal fun reserializeCBFCompoundTag(cbfTag: Any): CBFCompoundTag {
-        val toByteArrayMethod = cbfTag::class.java.getMethod("getAsByteArray")
-        val serializedCBFCompound = toByteArrayMethod.invoke(cbfTag) as ByteArray
-        return CBFCompoundTag(CBF.read<NamespacedCompound>(serializedCBFCompound)!!)
-    }
-    
 }
 
 @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
@@ -99,48 +90,4 @@ fun <T : Tag> CompoundTag.getOrNull(key: String): T? {
     return if (contains(key)) {
         get(key) as? T
     } else null
-}
-
-internal fun CompoundTag.getOrPutCBFCompoundTag(key: String, defaultValue: () -> CBFCompoundTag): CBFCompoundTag {
-    var value = getCBFCompoundTag(key)
-    if (value != null)
-        return value
-    
-    value = defaultValue()
-    put(key, value)
-    
-    return value
-}
-
-internal fun CompoundTag.getCBFCompoundTag(key: String): CBFCompoundTag? {
-    val tag = get(key) ?: return null
-    if (tag !is CBFCompoundTag) {
-        val newTag = NBTUtils.reserializeCBFCompoundTag(tag)
-        put(key, newTag)
-        return newTag
-    }
-    
-    return tag
-}
-
-internal fun MutableMap<String, Tag>.getCBFCompoundTag(key: String): CBFCompoundTag? {
-    val tag = get(key) ?: return null
-    if (tag !is CBFCompoundTag) {
-        val newTag = NBTUtils.reserializeCBFCompoundTag(tag)
-        put(key, newTag)
-        return newTag
-    }
-    
-    return tag
-}
-
-internal fun MutableMap<String, Tag>.getOrPutCBFCompoundTag(key: String, defaultValue: () -> CBFCompoundTag): CBFCompoundTag {
-    var value = getCBFCompoundTag(key)
-    if (value != null)
-        return value
-    
-    value = defaultValue()
-    put(key, value)
-    
-    return value
 }
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diff --git a/nova/src/main/kotlin/xyz/xenondevs/nova/util/item/ItemUtils.kt b/nova/src/main/kotlin/xyz/xenondevs/nova/util/item/ItemUtils.kt
index 744b37e306..41f3793bb8 100644
--- a/nova/src/main/kotlin/xyz/xenondevs/nova/util/item/ItemUtils.kt
+++ b/nova/src/main/kotlin/xyz/xenondevs/nova/util/item/ItemUtils.kt
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@ import xyz.xenondevs.nova.util.bukkitMirror
 import xyz.xenondevs.nova.util.component.adventure.toAdventureComponent
 import xyz.xenondevs.nova.util.component.adventure.toJson
 import xyz.xenondevs.nova.util.data.NBTUtils
-import xyz.xenondevs.nova.util.data.getCBFCompoundTag
 import xyz.xenondevs.nova.util.data.getOrNull
 import xyz.xenondevs.nova.util.data.getOrPut
-import xyz.xenondevs.nova.util.data.getOrPutCBFCompoundTag
 import xyz.xenondevs.nova.util.get
 import xyz.xenondevs.nova.util.name
 import xyz.xenondevs.nova.util.nmsCopy
@@ -208,8 +206,8 @@ var ItemStack.novaCompound: NamespacedCompound
             return handle.novaCompound
         
         val unhandledTags = backingItemMeta!!.unhandledTags
-        val tag = unhandledTags.getOrPutCBFCompoundTag("nova_cbf", ::CBFCompoundTag) as? CBFCompoundTag
-        return tag!!.compound
+        val tag = unhandledTags.getOrPut("nova_cbf", ::CBFCompoundTag) as CBFCompoundTag
+        return tag.compound
     }
     set(value) {
         val handle = handle
@@ -226,19 +224,19 @@ val ItemStack.novaCompoundOrNull: NamespacedCompound?
         if (handle != null)
             return handle.novaCompoundOrNull
         
-        return backingItemMeta?.unhandledTags?.getCBFCompoundTag("nova_cbf")?.compound
+        return (backingItemMeta?.unhandledTags?.get("nova_cbf") as? CBFCompoundTag)?.compound
     }
 //</editor-fold>
 
 //<editor-fold desc="MojangStack - Nova Compound", defaultstate="collapsed">
 var MojangStack.novaCompound: NamespacedCompound
-    get() = orCreateTag.getOrPutCBFCompoundTag("nova_cbf", ::CBFCompoundTag).compound
+    get() = orCreateTag.getOrPut("nova_cbf", ::CBFCompoundTag).compound
     set(value) {
         orCreateTag.put("nova_cbf", CBFCompoundTag(value))
     }
 
 val MojangStack.novaCompoundOrNull: NamespacedCompound?
-    get() = tag?.getCBFCompoundTag("nova_cbf")?.compound
+    get() = (tag?.get("nova_cbf") as? CBFCompoundTag)?.compound
 //</editor-fold>
 
 //<editor-fold desc="BukkitStack - retrieve", defaultstate="collapsed">