diff --git a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/core/config/ModernFixConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/core/config/ModernFixConfig.java
index efe179a6..c4e6d610 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/core/config/ModernFixConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/core/config/ModernFixConfig.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ public class ModernFixConfig {
                         "jepb:jei_plugin"
                 ), locationValidator);
         INTEGRATED_SERVER_PRIORITY = COMMON_BUILDER.comment("Thread priority to use for the integrated server. By default this is one less than the client thread, to help prevent the server from lowering FPS.").defineInRange("integratedServerPriority", 4, 1, 10);
-        BACKGROUND_WORKER_PRIORITY = COMMON_BUILDER.comment("Priority to use for the background workers that complete various tasks. By default this is one less than the client thread.").defineInRange("backgroundWorkerPriority", 4, 1, 10);
         REBUILD_BLOCKSTATES_ASYNC = COMMON_BUILDER
                 .comment("Rebuild blockstate cache asynchronously. Should work with most mods, but can be disabled.")
                 .define("rebuild_blockstate_cache_async", true);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/mixin/perf/thread_priorities/UtilMixin.java b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/mixin/perf/thread_priorities/UtilMixin.java
index b43cd815..986b965a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/mixin/perf/thread_priorities/UtilMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/mixin/perf/thread_priorities/UtilMixin.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class UtilMixin {
     private static ForkJoinPool.ForkJoinWorkerThreadFactory adjustPriorityOfThreadFactory(ForkJoinPool.ForkJoinWorkerThreadFactory factory) {
         return pool -> {
             ForkJoinWorkerThread thread = factory.newThread(pool);
-            int pri = ModernFixConfig.BACKGROUND_WORKER_PRIORITY.get();
+            int pri = 4; // used to be configurable, but this causes classloading issues
             thread.setPriority(pri);
             return thread;
         };