diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/server/play/ChunkDataPacket.java b/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/server/play/ChunkDataPacket.java
index 85c39169b..6e2190775 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/server/play/ChunkDataPacket.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/packet/server/play/ChunkDataPacket.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.play;
 
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.Int2ObjectMap;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.IntOpenHashSet;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.IntSet;
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ import net.minestom.server.instance.palette.Section;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.ServerPacket;
 import net.minestom.server.network.packet.server.ServerPacketIdentifier;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.BlockPosition;
-import net.minestom.server.utils.BufUtils;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.Utils;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.binary.BinaryReader;
 import net.minestom.server.utils.binary.BinaryWriter;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class ChunkDataPacket implements ServerPacket, CacheablePacket {
         writer.writeBoolean(fullChunk);
 
         int mask = 0;
-        ByteBuf blocks = BufUtils.getBuffer(MAX_BUFFER_SIZE);
+        ByteBuf blocks = Unpooled.buffer(MAX_BUFFER_SIZE);
         for (byte i = 0; i < CHUNK_SECTION_COUNT; i++) {
             if (fullChunk || (sections.length == CHUNK_SECTION_COUNT && sections[i] != 0)) {
                 final Section section = paletteStorage.getSections()[i];
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/player/NettyPlayerConnection.java b/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/player/NettyPlayerConnection.java
index 669283034..ec01e998a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/player/NettyPlayerConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/network/player/NettyPlayerConnection.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class NettyPlayerConnection extends PlayerConnection {
     private PlayerSkin bungeeSkin;
 
     private final Object tickBufferLock = new Object();
-    private volatile ByteBuf tickBuffer = BufUtils.getBuffer(true);
+    private volatile ByteBuf tickBuffer = BufUtils.direct();
 
     public NettyPlayerConnection(@NotNull SocketChannel channel) {
         super();
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/utils/BufUtils.java b/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/utils/BufUtils.java
index dcf25c6a2..7add90968 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/utils/BufUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/utils/BufUtils.java
@@ -7,28 +7,11 @@ public class BufUtils {
 
     private static final PooledByteBufAllocator alloc = PooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT;
 
-    public static ByteBuf getBuffer() {
-        return alloc.heapBuffer();
-    }
-
-    public static ByteBuf getBuffer(boolean io) {
-        return io ? alloc.ioBuffer() : alloc.heapBuffer();
+    public static ByteBuf direct() {
+        return alloc.ioBuffer();
     }
 
     public static ByteBuf getBuffer(int initialCapacity) {
         return alloc.heapBuffer(initialCapacity);
     }
-
-    public static ByteBuf getBuffer(boolean io, int initialCapacity) {
-        return io ? alloc.ioBuffer(initialCapacity) : alloc.heapBuffer(initialCapacity);
-    }
-
-    public static ByteBuf getBuffer(int initialCapacity, int maxCapacity) {
-        return alloc.heapBuffer(initialCapacity, maxCapacity);
-    }
-
-    public static ByteBuf getBuffer(boolean io, int initialCapacity, int maxCapacity) {
-        return io ? alloc.ioBuffer(initialCapacity, maxCapacity) : alloc.heapBuffer(initialCapacity, maxCapacity);
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/utils/PacketUtils.java b/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/utils/PacketUtils.java
index 8ff1c8dc6..4d7216581 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/utils/PacketUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minestom/server/utils/PacketUtils.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import net.minestom.server.utils.callback.validator.PlayerValidator;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
-import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.zip.DataFormatException;
 
@@ -287,7 +286,7 @@ public final class PacketUtils {
      */
     @NotNull
     public static ByteBuf createFramedPacket(@NotNull ServerPacket serverPacket, boolean directBuffer) {
-        ByteBuf packetBuf = directBuffer ? BufUtils.getBuffer(true) : Unpooled.buffer();
+        ByteBuf packetBuf = directBuffer ? BufUtils.direct() : Unpooled.buffer();
         writeFramedPacket(packetBuf, serverPacket);
         return packetBuf;
     }