diff --git a/IPA.Injector/Injector.cs b/IPA.Injector/Injector.cs
index 25d8bd74..6c3fc030 100644
--- a/IPA.Injector/Injector.cs
+++ b/IPA.Injector/Injector.cs
@@ -137,11 +137,6 @@ namespace IPA.Injector
             Loader.LibLoader.Configure();
         }
 
-        private static void InstallHarmonyProtections()
-        { // proxy function to delay resolution
-            HarmonyProtectorProxy.ProtectNull();
-        }
-
         private static void InstallBootstrapPatch()
         {
             var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
@@ -317,8 +312,6 @@ namespace IPA.Injector
             // need to reinit streams singe Unity seems to redirect stdout
             StdoutInterceptor.RedirectConsole();
 
-            InstallHarmonyProtections();
-
             var bootstrapper = new GameObject("NonDestructiveBootstrapper").AddComponent<Bootstrapper>();
             bootstrapper.Destroyed += Bootstrapper_Destroyed;
         }
diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Loader/HarmonyProtector.cs b/IPA.Loader/Loader/HarmonyProtector.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 549b74f1..00000000
--- a/IPA.Loader/Loader/HarmonyProtector.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-using HarmonyLib;
-using IPA.Logging;
-using MonoMod.RuntimeDetour;
-using System;
-using System.Reflection;
-
-namespace IPA.Loader
-{
-    internal static class HarmonyProtectorProxy
-    {
-        public static void ProtectNull() => HarmonyProtector.Protect();
-    }
-
-    internal static class HarmonyProtector
-    {
-        public static void Protect()
-        {
-            var guid = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");
-            var id = guid.Remove(new Random().Next(7, guid.Length - 1));
-            var harmony = new Harmony(id);
-
-            var unpatchByTypeOrId = AccessTools.Method(typeof(PatchProcessor), nameof(PatchProcessor.Unpatch), new[] { typeof(HarmonyPatchType), typeof(string) });
-            var unpatchMethod = AccessTools.Method(typeof(PatchProcessor), nameof(PatchProcessor.Unpatch), new[] { typeof(MethodInfo) });
-            var processPatchJob = AccessTools.Method(typeof(PatchClassProcessor), "ProcessPatchJob");
-            var patch = AccessTools.Method(typeof(PatchProcessor), nameof(PatchProcessor.Patch));
-
-            var unpatchPrefix = AccessTools.Method(typeof(HarmonyProtector), nameof(PatchProcessor_Unpatch_Prefix));
-            var processPatchJobPrefix = AccessTools.Method(typeof(HarmonyProtector), nameof(PatchClassProcessor_ProcessPatchJob_Prefix));
-            var patchPrefix = AccessTools.Method(typeof(HarmonyProtector), nameof(PatchProcessor_Patch_Prefix));
-
-            harmony.Patch(unpatchByTypeOrId, new HarmonyMethod(unpatchPrefix));
-            harmony.Patch(unpatchMethod, new HarmonyMethod(unpatchPrefix));
-            harmony.Patch(processPatchJob, new HarmonyMethod(processPatchJobPrefix));
-            harmony.Patch(patch, new HarmonyMethod(patchPrefix));
-        }
-
-        private static bool ShouldBlockExecution(MethodBase methodBase)
-        {
-            var getIdentifiable = AccessTools.Method(typeof(DetourHelper), nameof(DetourHelper.GetIdentifiable)).GetIdentifiable();
-            var getValue = AccessTools.Method(typeof(FieldInfo), nameof(FieldInfo.GetValue)).GetIdentifiable();
-            var declaringTypeGetter = AccessTools.PropertyGetter(typeof(MemberInfo), nameof(MemberInfo.DeclaringType)).GetIdentifiable();
-            var methodBaseEquals = AccessTools.Method(typeof(MethodBase), nameof(MethodBase.Equals)).GetIdentifiable();
-            var assemblyEquals = AccessTools.Method(typeof(Assembly), nameof(Assembly.Equals)).GetIdentifiable();
-            var assemblyGetter = AccessTools.PropertyGetter(typeof(Type), nameof(Type.Assembly)).GetIdentifiable();
-            var getExecutingAssembly = AccessTools.Method(typeof(Assembly), nameof(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly)).GetIdentifiable();
-            var method = methodBase.GetIdentifiable();
-            var assembly = method.DeclaringType!.Assembly;
-            return method.Equals(getIdentifiable) ||
-                   method.Equals(getValue) ||
-                   method.Equals(declaringTypeGetter) ||
-                   method.Equals(methodBaseEquals) ||
-                   method.Equals(assemblyEquals) ||
-                   method.Equals(assemblyGetter) ||
-                   method.Equals(getExecutingAssembly) ||
-                   assembly.Equals(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()) ||
-                   assembly.Equals(typeof(Harmony).Assembly);
-        }
-
-        private static bool PatchProcessor_Patch_Prefix(MethodBase ___original, ref MethodInfo __result)
-        {
-            if (ShouldBlockExecution(___original))
-            {
-                __result = ___original as MethodInfo;
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        private static bool PatchClassProcessor_ProcessPatchJob_Prefix(object job)
-        {
-            var original = AccessTools.Field(job.GetType(), "original");
-            var methodBase = (MethodBase)original!.GetValue(job);
-            return !ShouldBlockExecution(methodBase);
-        }
-
-        private static bool PatchProcessor_Unpatch_Prefix(MethodBase ___original) => !ShouldBlockExecution(___original);
-    }
-}