diff --git a/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/ForgeCommonProvider.java b/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/ForgeCommonProvider.java
index 223afa45..1aa8408a 100644
--- a/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/ForgeCommonProvider.java
+++ b/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/ForgeCommonProvider.java
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ void onInitialize() {
         this.lifecycleListener = MinecraftProvider.register(this);
         syslog().debug("registered backup command");
         this.lifecycleListener.onInitialize();
-        SshHacks.ensureSshSessionFactoryIsAvailable();
         syslog().info("Fastback initialized");
         syslog().warn("------------------------------------------------------------------------------------");
         syslog().warn("Thanks for trying the new Forge version of Fastback.  For help, go to:");
diff --git a/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/SshHacks.java b/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/SshHacks.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 11b082b6..00000000
--- a/neoforge/src/main/java/net/pcal/fastback/mod/neoforge/SshHacks.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-package net.pcal.fastback.mod.neoforge;
-
-import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.SshSessionFactory;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
-
-import static net.pcal.fastback.logging.SystemLogger.syslog;
-
-public class SshHacks {
-
-    /**
-     * This is necessary because JGit looks for it's SshSessionFactory with java.util.ServiceLoader, and that
-     * just doesn't seem to be something that Forge is willing to accommodate.
-     */
-    public static void ensureSshSessionFactoryIsAvailable() {
-        try {
-            if (SshSessionFactory.getInstance() == null) {
-                try {
-                    final String clazz = "org.eclipse.jgit.transport.ssh.jsch.JschConfigSessionFactory";
-                    SshSessionFactory.setInstance((SshSessionFactory) Class.forName(clazz).getConstructor().newInstance());
-                    // AFAICT this only happens in Intellij.  Something about shadowJar and relocate isn't working in dev environments.
-                    // Seems fine in the launcher.
-                    syslog().warn("A SshSessionFactory was not located via java services; a " + clazz + " has been installed manually.  This is probably ok.");
-                } catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException |
-                         NoSuchMethodException | InvocationTargetException ohwell) {
-                    syslog().error("Unable to manually set SshSessionFactory.  SSH connections will probably not work.", ohwell);
-                }
-            }
-            //
-        } catch (Error err) {
-            syslog().error("WAT", err);
-        }
-    }
-
-    //JschConfigSessionFactory csf = new JschConfigSessionFactory();
-    //SshSessionFactory.setInstance(csf);
-    // This works fine but the jsch provider doesn't support ed25519 keys; for that we need to get mina
-    // working, but that brings us into a whole other world of classloading and shading pain.  Because
-    // Forge excludes everything under org.apache.*?  Is that true?  Ugh, FIXME.
-    // This all works perfectly fine with Fabric. :(
-
-
-    //https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67767455/setting-ssh-keys-to-use-with-jgit-with-ssh-from-apache-sshd
-    //https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/1107487/
-    //https://github.com/AzBuilder/terrakube/blob/67f992c84cb2f66ce17a2e2ab85796872429720b/api/src/main/java/org/terrakube/api/plugin/ssh/TerrakubeSshdSessionFactory.java#L6
-
-    //https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65566138/apache-mina-sshd-ssh-client-always-prints-eddsa-provider-not-supported
-    //If you don't fix this, then you will not be able to validate the host keys. My testing was not impacted because I was not validating the host keys yet. However, once deployed to production, I would have been impacted because host keys must be validated.
-    //https://dzone.com/articles/jgit-library-examples-in-java
-
-    //SecurityUtils.setDefaultProviderChoice(new EdDSASecurityProviderRegistrar());
-
-    /**
-     String CLAZZ = EdDSASecurityProviderRegistrar.class.getNa        this.lifecycleListener.onInitialize();
-     me();//"net.pcal.fastback.relocated.org.apache.sshd.common.util.security.eddsa.EdDSASecurityProviderRegistrar";
-     syslog().warn("!!!! "+CLAZZ);
-     try {
-     Class.forName(CLAZZ);
-     } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-     syslog().error(new RuntimeException(e));
-     }
-     System.setProperty("org.apache.sshd.security.registrars", CLAZZ);
-     **/
-//
-
-
-    /**
-     *
-     then we can try this, but i'm having a heck of a time getting the i2p provider to load >:(
-     if (false) {
-     File sshDir = new File(FS.DETECTED.userHome(), "/.ssh");
-
-     SshdSessionFactory sshSessionFactory = new SshdSessionFactoryBuilder()
-     .setPreferredAuthentications("publickey")
-     .setHomeDirectory(FS.DETECTED.userHome())
-     .setSshDirectory(sshDir)
-
-     .setServerKeyDatabase((h, s) -> new ServerKeyDatabase() {
-
-    @Override public List<PublicKey> lookup(String connectAddress,
-    InetSocketAddress remoteAddress,
-    Configuration config) {
-    return Collections.emptyList();
-    }
-
-    @Override public boolean accept(String connectAddress,
-    InetSocketAddress remoteAddress,
-    PublicKey serverKey, Configuration config,
-    CredentialsProvider provider) {
-    return true;
-    }
-
-    })
-     .build(new JGitKeyCache());
-     SshSessionFactory.setInstance(sshSessionFactory);
-     }
-     **/
-    /**
-
-     //SshdSessionFactory factory = new SshdSessionFactory(new JGitKeyCache(), new DefaultProxyDataFactory());
-     SshdSessionFactory factory = new SshdSessionFactory();
-     try {
-     Runtime.getRuntime()
-     .addShutdownHook(new Thread(factory::close));
-     } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
-     // ignore - the VM is already shutting down
-     }
-     SshSessionFactory.setInstance(factory);
-
-
-     }
-     **/
-}