diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/minelittlepony/hdskins/resources/texture/ThreadDownloadImageETag.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/minelittlepony/hdskins/resources/texture/ThreadDownloadImageETag.java
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-package com.minelittlepony.hdskins.resources.texture;
-
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.IImageBuffer;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.SimpleTexture;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.TextureUtil;
-import net.minecraft.client.resources.IResourceManager;
-import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;
-import org.apache.http.Header;
-import org.apache.http.HttpHeaders;
-import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
-import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpHead;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
-
-import com.minelittlepony.hdskins.util.MoreHttpResponses;
-
-import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
-import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
-
-/**
- * @deprecated
- *   Do not use. This will be removed in a later update.
- *   Now that legacy includes the etag in the hash, it is no longer required to save it to disk.
- */
-@Deprecated
-public class ThreadDownloadImageETag extends SimpleTexture implements IBufferedTexture {
-
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = LogManager.getLogger();
-    private static final AtomicInteger THREAD_ID = new AtomicInteger(0);
-    private static CloseableHttpClient client = HttpClients.createSystem();
-
-    @Nonnull
-    private final Path cacheFile;
-    private final Path eTagFile;
-    private final String imageUrl;
-    @Nullable
-    private final IImageBuffer imageBuffer;
-
-    @Nullable
-    private BufferedImage bufferedImage;
-    @Nullable
-    private Thread imageThread;
-    private boolean textureUploaded;
-
-    public ThreadDownloadImageETag(@Nonnull File cacheFileIn, String imageUrlIn, ResourceLocation defLocation, @Nullable IImageBuffer imageBufferIn) {
-        super(defLocation);
-        this.cacheFile = cacheFileIn.toPath();
-        this.eTagFile = cacheFile.resolveSibling(cacheFile.getFileName() + ".etag");
-        this.imageUrl = imageUrlIn;
-        this.imageBuffer = imageBufferIn;
-    }
-
-    private void checkTextureUploaded() {
-        if (!this.textureUploaded) {
-            if (this.bufferedImage != null) {
-                if (this.textureLocation != null) {
-                    this.deleteGlTexture();
-                }
-
-                TextureUtil.uploadTextureImage(super.getGlTextureId(), this.bufferedImage);
-                this.textureUploaded = true;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int getGlTextureId() {
-        this.checkTextureUploaded();
-        return super.getGlTextureId();
-    }
-
-    private void setBufferedImage(@Nonnull BufferedImage bufferedImageIn) {
-        this.bufferedImage = bufferedImageIn;
-
-        if (this.imageBuffer != null) {
-            this.imageBuffer.skinAvailable();
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    @Nullable
-    public BufferedImage getBufferedImage() {
-        return bufferedImage;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void loadTexture(IResourceManager resourceManager) throws IOException {
-        if (this.bufferedImage == null && this.textureLocation != null) {
-            super.loadTexture(resourceManager);
-        }
-
-        if (this.imageThread == null) {
-            this.imageThread = new Thread(this::loadTexture, "Texture Downloader #" + THREAD_ID.incrementAndGet());
-            this.imageThread.setDaemon(true);
-            this.imageThread.start();
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void loadTexture() {
-        switch (checkLocalCache()) {
-            case GONE:
-                clearCache();
-                break;
-            case OK:
-            case NOPE:
-                LOGGER.debug("Loading http texture from local cache ({})", cacheFile);
-                try {
-                    // e-tag check passed. Load the local file
-                    setLocalCache();
-                    break;
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    // Nope. Local cache is corrupt. Re-download it.
-                    // fallthrough to load from network
-                    LOGGER.error("Couldn't load skin {}", cacheFile, e);
-                }
-            case OUTDATED:
-                loadTextureFromServer();
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    private void setLocalCache() throws IOException {
-        if (Files.isRegularFile(cacheFile)) {
-            try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(cacheFile)) {
-                BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(in);
-                if (imageBuffer != null) {
-                    image = imageBuffer.parseUserSkin(image);
-                }
-                setBufferedImage(image);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void clearCache() {
-        try {
-            Files.deleteIfExists(this.cacheFile);
-            Files.deleteIfExists(this.eTagFile);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            // ignore
-        }
-    }
-
-    private enum State {
-        OUTDATED,
-        GONE,
-        NOPE,
-        OK
-    }
-
-    private State checkLocalCache() {
-        try (CloseableHttpResponse response = client.execute(new HttpHead(imageUrl))) {
-            int code = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
-            if (code == HttpStatus.SC_NOT_FOUND) {
-                return State.GONE;
-            }
-            if (code != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
-                return State.NOPE;
-            }
-            return checkETag(response) ? State.OK : State.OUTDATED;
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            LOGGER.error("Couldn't load skin {} ", imageUrl, e);
-            return State.NOPE;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private boolean checkETag(HttpResponse response) {
-        try {
-            if (Files.isRegularFile(cacheFile)) {
-                String localETag = Files.lines(eTagFile).limit(1).findFirst().orElse("");
-                Header remoteETag = response.getFirstHeader(HttpHeaders.ETAG);
-                // true if no remote etag or does match
-                return remoteETag == null || localETag.equals(remoteETag.getValue());
-            }
-            return false;
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            // it failed, so re-fetch.
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void loadTextureFromServer() {
-        LOGGER.debug("Downloading http texture from {} to {}", imageUrl, cacheFile);
-        try (MoreHttpResponses resp = MoreHttpResponses.execute(client, new HttpGet(imageUrl))) {
-            if (resp.ok()) {
-                // write the image to disk
-                Files.createDirectories(cacheFile.getParent());
-                Files.copy(resp.getInputStream(), cacheFile);
-
-                try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(cacheFile)) {
-                    BufferedImage bufferedimage = ImageIO.read(in);
-
-                    // maybe write the etag to disk
-                    Header eTag = resp.getResponse().getFirstHeader(HttpHeaders.ETAG);
-                    if (eTag != null) {
-                        Files.write(eTagFile, Collections.singleton(eTag.getValue()));
-                    }
-
-                    if (imageBuffer != null) {
-                        bufferedimage = imageBuffer.parseUserSkin(bufferedimage);
-                    }
-                    setBufferedImage(bufferedimage);
-                }
-            }
-        } catch (Exception exception) {
-            LOGGER.error("Couldn\'t download http texture", exception);
-        }
-    }
-}
-