diff --git a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/common/mixin/perf/kubejs/RecipeEventJSMixin.java b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/common/mixin/perf/kubejs/RecipeEventJSMixin.java
index c6d39132..1125caa9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/common/mixin/perf/kubejs/RecipeEventJSMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/common/mixin/perf/kubejs/RecipeEventJSMixin.java
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 package org.embeddedt.modernfix.common.mixin.perf.kubejs;
 
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import dev.latvian.mods.kubejs.recipe.RecipeJS;
 import dev.latvian.mods.kubejs.recipe.RecipesEventJS;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.crafting.Recipe;
+import net.minecraft.world.item.crafting.RecipeManager;
 import org.embeddedt.modernfix.ModernFix;
+import org.embeddedt.modernfix.annotation.FeatureLevel;
 import org.embeddedt.modernfix.annotation.RequiresMod;
+import org.embeddedt.modernfix.core.config.ModernFixEarlyConfig;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfoReturnable;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
@@ -49,4 +57,30 @@ public class RecipeEventJSMixin {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @author embeddedt
+     * @reason once datapackRecipeMap is iterated, it is never referenced again, so clear it to avoid retaining
+     * references to the JSON objects
+     */
+    @Inject(method = "post", at = @At(value = "NEW", target = "()Ljava/util/concurrent/ConcurrentLinkedQueue;", ordinal = 0), remap = false)
+    private void modernfix$clearDatapackRecipeMap(RecipeManager recipeManager, Map<ResourceLocation, JsonElement> datapackRecipeMap, CallbackInfo ci) {
+        if (ModernFixEarlyConfig.ACTIVE_FEATURE_LEVEL.isAtLeast(FeatureLevel.BETA)) {
+            datapackRecipeMap.clear();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @author embeddedt
+     * @reason As we start materializing the final recipe objects, null out the JSON references so we avoid having
+     * to keep both in memory at the same time
+     */
+    @Inject(method = "createRecipe", at = @At("RETURN"), remap = false)
+    private void modernfix$clearJson(RecipeJS r, CallbackInfoReturnable<Recipe<?>> cir) {
+        if (!ModernFixEarlyConfig.ACTIVE_FEATURE_LEVEL.isAtLeast(FeatureLevel.BETA)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        r.json = null;
+        r.originalJson = null;
+    }
 }