diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2757bde..34e5214 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -151,9 +151,7 @@ dependencies {
     // modImplementation project(":myproject")
 
     // embedd the JDBC driver in the mod using jarJar
-    // JDBC driver auto-detection is broken in Forge as of v47.4.0
-    // i.e. we need to need it both at compile and runtime
-    implementation "com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:${jdbc_version}"
+    runtimeOnly "com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:${jdbc_version}"
     jarJar "com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:${jdbc_version}"
     additionalRuntimeClasspath "com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:${jdbc_version}"
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/vip/fubuki/playersync/PlayerSync.java b/src/main/java/vip/fubuki/playersync/PlayerSync.java
index 71b3b27..2ca63a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/vip/fubuki/playersync/PlayerSync.java
+++ b/src/main/java/vip/fubuki/playersync/PlayerSync.java
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ import vip.fubuki.playersync.sync.VanillaSync;
 import vip.fubuki.playersync.util.JDBCsetUp;
 
 import java.sql.Connection;
-import java.sql.DriverManager;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Statement;
-import com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver;
 
 @Mod(PlayerSync.MODID)
 public class PlayerSync {
@@ -36,14 +34,6 @@ public class PlayerSync {
     }
 
     private void commonSetup(final FMLCommonSetupEvent event) {
-        // JDBC driver auto-detection is broken in Forge as of v47.4.0
-        // We need to register the driver manually
-        try {
-            DriverManager.registerDriver(new Driver());
-        } catch (SQLException e) {
-            LOGGER.error("Unable to register JDBC MySQL driver", e);
-        }
-
         VanillaSync.register();
         event.enqueueWork(() -> {
             // read SYNC_CHAT only within the enqueueWork to reliably get the real