diff --git a/patches/server/0005-Paper-config-files.patch b/patches/server/0005-Paper-config-files.patch
index 3b0eecc80f..2e0119248d 100644
--- a/patches/server/0005-Paper-config-files.patch
+++ b/patches/server/0005-Paper-config-files.patch
@@ -487,10 +487,10 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d9502ba028a96f9cc846f9ed428bd806
 +}
 diff --git a/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java
 new file mode 100644
-index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9bf81a47b03769a46c995019c3d8016cd161c15d
+index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e8694dbb348e23efbe00df9b333b9dc012367aa2
 --- /dev/null
 +++ b/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java
-@@ -0,0 +1,321 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,320 @@
 +package io.papermc.paper.configuration;
 +
 +import co.aikar.timings.MinecraftTimings;
@@ -549,7 +549,6 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9bf81a47b03769a46c995019c3d8016c
 +    public class Spark extends ConfigurationPart {
 +        public boolean enabled = true;
 +        public boolean enableImmediately = false;
-+        public boolean preferSparkPlugin = false;
 +    }
 +
 +    @Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
diff --git a/patches/server/0745-Configurable-chat-thread-limit.patch b/patches/server/0745-Configurable-chat-thread-limit.patch
index 0575f5cb26..181e263646 100644
--- a/patches/server/0745-Configurable-chat-thread-limit.patch
+++ b/patches/server/0745-Configurable-chat-thread-limit.patch
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ is actually processed, this is honestly really just exposed for the misnomers or
 who just wanna ensure that this won't grow over a specific size if chat gets stupidly active
 
 diff --git a/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java
-index 9bf81a47b03769a46c995019c3d8016cd161c15d..0ab240d1b1d872dffb78f424b388b2b802326832 100644
+index e8694dbb348e23efbe00df9b333b9dc012367aa2..5a101cb6dc7f266ddc20688121ebe2403e9145f1 100644
 --- a/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java
 +++ b/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java
-@@ -295,7 +295,18 @@ public class GlobalConfiguration extends ConfigurationPart {
+@@ -294,7 +294,18 @@ public class GlobalConfiguration extends ConfigurationPart {
  
              @PostProcess
              private void postProcess() {
diff --git a/patches/server/0988-Moonrise-optimisation-patches.patch b/patches/server/0988-Moonrise-optimisation-patches.patch
index f60451dec1..bfe19f4fa1 100644
--- a/patches/server/0988-Moonrise-optimisation-patches.patch
+++ b/patches/server/0988-Moonrise-optimisation-patches.patch
@@ -22226,7 +22226,7 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..85950a1aa732ab8c01ad28bec9e0de14
 +    }
 +}
 diff --git a/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java
-index ae6089f34e2420c0d745165ea0f754f4a9f1880f..c01fda50d9faba2ec373ac14b4a5992f516fac3a 100644
+index 8a05be0d203404e8d06d9a80de2e35e473f7f936..d20969e18984c9b93483477f31b079686977b1db 100644
 --- a/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java
 +++ b/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java
 @@ -29,6 +29,45 @@ public class GlobalConfiguration extends ConfigurationPart {
@@ -22275,7 +22275,7 @@ index ae6089f34e2420c0d745165ea0f754f4a9f1880f..c01fda50d9faba2ec373ac14b4a5992f
      static void set(GlobalConfiguration instance) {
          GlobalConfiguration.instance = instance;
      }
-@@ -138,21 +177,6 @@ public class GlobalConfiguration extends ConfigurationPart {
+@@ -137,21 +176,6 @@ public class GlobalConfiguration extends ConfigurationPart {
          public int incomingPacketThreshold = 300;
      }
  
@@ -22297,7 +22297,7 @@ index ae6089f34e2420c0d745165ea0f754f4a9f1880f..c01fda50d9faba2ec373ac14b4a5992f
      public UnsupportedSettings unsupportedSettings;
  
      public class UnsupportedSettings extends ConfigurationPart {
-@@ -211,7 +235,7 @@ public class GlobalConfiguration extends ConfigurationPart {
+@@ -210,7 +234,7 @@ public class GlobalConfiguration extends ConfigurationPart {
  
          @PostProcess
          private void postProcess() {
diff --git a/patches/server/1043-Bundle-spark.patch b/patches/server/1043-Bundle-spark.patch
index da1f230e8d..a44d3aa1b2 100644
--- a/patches/server/1043-Bundle-spark.patch
+++ b/patches/server/1043-Bundle-spark.patch
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ index 1a734293c9416f13324bb0edf8f950c9029f8bc4..568d0b65bb5010e0ab365cb47b624720
  paperweight {
 diff --git a/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/SparksFly.java b/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/SparksFly.java
 new file mode 100644
-index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e4cb01a1a50311eae503b568f6e3e599d48302c8
+index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..785e85465c746dd66d1d3d648746cb1487d16d07
 --- /dev/null
 +++ b/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/SparksFly.java
-@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
 +package io.papermc.paper;
 +
 +import io.papermc.paper.configuration.GlobalConfiguration;
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e4cb01a1a50311eae503b568f6e3e599
 +    public static final String ID = "spark";
 +    public static final String COMMAND_NAME = "spark";
 +
++    private static final String PREFER_SPARK_PLUGIN_PROPERTY = "paper.preferSparkPlugin";
++
 +    private static final int SPARK_YELLOW = 0xffc93a;
 +
 +    private final Logger logger;
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e4cb01a1a50311eae503b568f6e3e599
 +    }
 +
 +    public static boolean isPluginPreferred() {
-+        return GlobalConfiguration.get().spark.preferSparkPlugin;
++        return Boolean.getBoolean(PREFER_SPARK_PLUGIN_PROPERTY);
 +    }
 +
 +    private static boolean isPluginEnabled(final Server server) {