diff --git a/IPA.Injector/IPA.Injector.csproj b/IPA.Injector/IPA.Injector.csproj
index aa9a734f..7b0305dc 100644
--- a/IPA.Injector/IPA.Injector.csproj
+++ b/IPA.Injector/IPA.Injector.csproj
@@ -39,33 +39,10 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net472' ">
-    <Content Include="..\Libs\I18N.Net4.dll">
-      <Link>Libraries\Mono\I18N.dll</Link>
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </Content>
-    <Content Include="..\Libs\I18N.West.Net4.dll">
-      <Link>Libraries\Mono\I18N.West.dll</Link>
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </Content>
     <Content Include="..\Libs\Microsoft.CSharp.dll">
       <Link>Libraries\Mono\Microsoft.CSharp.dll</Link>
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
-    <Content Include="..\Libs\System.Runtime.Serialization.Net4.dll">
-      <Link>Libraries\Mono\System.Runtime.Serialization.dll</Link>
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </Content>
-    <Content Include="..\Libs\netstandard.dll">
-      <Link>Libraries\Mono\netstandard.dll</Link>
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </Content>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="..\Libs\thirdparty\*">
-      <Link>Libraries\Thirdparty\%(Filename)%(Extension)</Link>
-      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
-    </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net35' ">
diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Loader/LibLoader.cs b/IPA.Loader/Loader/LibLoader.cs
index 337eb5e6..9bbaaf10 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/Loader/LibLoader.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Loader/LibLoader.cs
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ namespace IPA.Loader
 
                 //var unityData = Directory.EnumerateDirectories(Environment.CurrentDirectory, "*_Data").First();
                 //AddDir(Path.Combine(unityData, "Plugins"));
-
-                // TODO: find a way to either safely remove Newtonsoft, or switch to a different JSON lib
-                _ = LoadLibrary(new AssemblyName("Newtonsoft.Json, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral"));
             }
         }
 
@@ -215,7 +212,7 @@ namespace IPA.Loader
                 { continue; }
                 catch (DirectoryNotFoundException)
                 { continue; }
-                
+
                 foreach (string str in subDirs)
                     if (dirValidator(str)) dirs.Push(str);
 
diff --git a/Libs/I18N.Net4.dll b/Libs/I18N.Net4.dll
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diff --git a/Libs/I18N.West.net4.dll b/Libs/I18N.West.net4.dll
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diff --git a/Libs/System.Runtime.Serialization.net4.dll b/Libs/System.Runtime.Serialization.net4.dll
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index 15ee1dec..00000000
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diff --git a/Libs/netstandard.dll b/Libs/netstandard.dll
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