diff --git a/Bukkit-Patches/0025-Remove-deprecation-on-some-player-lookup-methods.patch b/Bukkit-Patches/0025-Remove-deprecation-on-some-player-lookup-methods.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f74df63ad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Bukkit-Patches/0025-Remove-deprecation-on-some-player-lookup-methods.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+From aae82a23b8f1f587e8e263a8824c7ea5ae5736ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: md_5 <git@md-5.net>
+Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 15:58:22 +1100
+Subject: [PATCH] Remove deprecation on some player lookup methods
+
+Most of these methods still have plenty of use given that only one player with each name can exist at a time. Deprecating these methods renders even basic functionality such as /msg <name> impossible without causing compiler warnings. We will maintain this API and it should be considered safe and appropriate for most use cases.
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Bukkit.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Bukkit.java
+index 6b9c9f3..7d8736e 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Bukkit.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Bukkit.java
+@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ public final class Bukkit {
+     /**
+      * @see Server#getPlayer(String name)
+      */
+-    @Deprecated
+     public static Player getPlayer(String name) {
+         return server.getPlayer(name);
+     }
+@@ -190,7 +189,6 @@ public final class Bukkit {
+     /**
+      * @see Server#matchPlayer(String name)
+      */
+-    @Deprecated
+     public static List<Player> matchPlayer(String name) {
+         return server.matchPlayer(name);
+     }
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java
+index d2cb517..72ef028 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/Server.java
+@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ public interface Server extends PluginMessageRecipient {
+      * @param name the name to look up
+      * @return a player if one was found, null otherwise
+      */
+-    @Deprecated
+     public Player getPlayer(String name);
+ 
+     /**
+@@ -284,7 +283,6 @@ public interface Server extends PluginMessageRecipient {
+      * @param name Exact name of the player to retrieve
+      * @return a player object if one was found, null otherwise
+      */
+-    @Deprecated
+     public Player getPlayerExact(String name);
+ 
+     /**
+@@ -299,7 +297,6 @@ public interface Server extends PluginMessageRecipient {
+      * @param name the (partial) name to match
+      * @return list of all possible players
+      */
+-    @Deprecated
+     public List<Player> matchPlayer(String name);
+ 
+     /**
+-- 
+1.8.3.2
+