diff --git a/src/main/java/de/florianmichael/viafabricplus/injection/mixin/fixes/minecraft/item/MixinDrawContext.java b/src/main/java/de/florianmichael/viafabricplus/injection/mixin/fixes/minecraft/item/MixinDrawContext.java
index c373fba7..1d0f5a2f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/florianmichael/viafabricplus/injection/mixin/fixes/minecraft/item/MixinDrawContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/florianmichael/viafabricplus/injection/mixin/fixes/minecraft/item/MixinDrawContext.java
@@ -19,31 +19,20 @@
 
 package de.florianmichael.viafabricplus.injection.mixin.fixes.minecraft.item;
 
-import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.v1_10to1_11.Protocol1_10To1_11;
 import de.florianmichael.viafabricplus.util.ItemUtil;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.DrawContext;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
-import net.minecraft.nbt.NbtCompound;
 import net.minecraft.util.Formatting;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
-import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Unique;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Redirect;
 
 @Mixin(DrawContext.class)
 public abstract class MixinDrawContext {
 
-    @Unique
-    private static final String viaFabricPlus$vvIdentifier = "VV|" + Protocol1_10To1_11.class.getSimpleName(); // ItemRewriter#nbtTagName
-
     @Redirect(method = "drawItemInSlot(Lnet/minecraft/client/font/TextRenderer;Lnet/minecraft/item/ItemStack;IILjava/lang/String;)V", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lnet/minecraft/item/ItemStack;getCount()I"))
     private int handleNegativeItemCount(ItemStack instance) {
-        final NbtCompound tag = ItemUtil.getTagOrNull(instance);
-        if (tag != null && tag.contains(viaFabricPlus$vvIdentifier)) {
-            return tag.getInt(viaFabricPlus$vvIdentifier);
-        } else {
-            return instance.getCount();
-        }
+        return ItemUtil.getCount(instance);
     }
 
     @Redirect(method = "drawItemInSlot(Lnet/minecraft/client/font/TextRenderer;Lnet/minecraft/item/ItemStack;IILjava/lang/String;)V", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Ljava/lang/String;valueOf(I)Ljava/lang/String;", remap = false))
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/florianmichael/viafabricplus/util/ItemUtil.java b/src/main/java/de/florianmichael/viafabricplus/util/ItemUtil.java
index bc0bc07e..2f482cc0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/florianmichael/viafabricplus/util/ItemUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/florianmichael/viafabricplus/util/ItemUtil.java
@@ -19,12 +19,24 @@
 
 package de.florianmichael.viafabricplus.util;
 
+import com.viaversion.viaversion.protocols.v1_10to1_11.Protocol1_10To1_11;
 import net.minecraft.component.DataComponentTypes;
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.NbtCompound;
 
 public class ItemUtil {
 
+    private static final String VV_IDENTIFIER = "VV|" + Protocol1_10To1_11.class.getSimpleName(); // ItemRewriter#nbtTagName
+
+    public static int getCount(final ItemStack stack) {
+        final NbtCompound tag = getTagOrNull(stack);
+        if (tag != null && tag.contains(VV_IDENTIFIER)) {
+            return tag.getInt(VV_IDENTIFIER);
+        } else {
+            return stack.getCount();
+        }
+    }
+
     // Via 1.20.5->.3 will always put the original item data into CUSTOM_DATA if it's not empty.
     public static NbtCompound getTagOrNull(final ItemStack stack) {
         if (!stack.contains(DataComponentTypes.CUSTOM_DATA)) {