diff --git a/paper-server/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java b/paper-server/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java
index 27940b8603..c2b53adb5f 100644
--- a/paper-server/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java
+++ b/paper-server/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java
@@ -185,8 +185,6 @@ public class GlobalConfiguration extends ConfigurationPart {
         public CompressionFormat compressionFormat = CompressionFormat.ZLIB;
         @Comment("This setting controls if equipment should be updated when handling certain player actions.")
         public boolean updateEquipmentOnPlayerActions = true;
-        @Comment("Only checks an item's amount and type instead of its full data during inventory desync checks.")
-        public boolean simplifyRemoteItemMatching = false;
 
         public enum CompressionFormat {
             GZIP,
diff --git a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftPlayer.java b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftPlayer.java
index c6ca86dbbb..7ae8d66fb5 100644
--- a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftPlayer.java
+++ b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftPlayer.java
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ public class CraftPlayer extends CraftHumanEntity implements Player {
     private BorderChangeListener clientWorldBorderListener = this.createWorldBorderListener();
     public org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerResourcePackStatusEvent.Status resourcePackStatus; // Paper - more resource pack API
     private static final boolean DISABLE_CHANNEL_LIMIT = System.getProperty("paper.disableChannelLimit") != null; // Paper - add a flag to disable the channel limit
-    private boolean simplifyContainerDesyncCheck = GlobalConfiguration.get().unsupportedSettings.simplifyRemoteItemMatching;
     private long lastSaveTime; // Paper - getLastPlayed replacement API
 
     public CraftPlayer(CraftServer server, ServerPlayer entity) {
@@ -3569,20 +3568,4 @@ public class CraftPlayer extends CraftHumanEntity implements Player {
     public void setDeathScreenScore(final int score) {
         getHandle().setScore(score);
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns whether container desync checks should skip the full item comparison of remote carried and changed slots
-     * and should instead only check their type and amount.
-     * <p>
-     * This is useful if the client is not able to produce the same item stack (or as of 1.21.5, its data hashes) as the server.
-     *
-     * @return whether to simplify container desync checks
-     */
-    public boolean simplifyContainerDesyncCheck() {
-        return simplifyContainerDesyncCheck;
-    }
-
-    public void setSimplifyContainerDesyncCheck(final boolean simplifyContainerDesyncCheck) {
-        this.simplifyContainerDesyncCheck = simplifyContainerDesyncCheck;
-    }
 }