diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/session/GeyserSession.java b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/session/GeyserSession.java
index 8e1ed2e51..994879f82 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/session/GeyserSession.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/session/GeyserSession.java
@@ -263,11 +263,6 @@ public class GeyserSession implements GeyserConnection, GeyserCommandSource {
     @Setter
     private ItemMappings itemMappings;
 
-    /**
-     * Required to decode biomes correctly.
-     */
-    @Setter
-    private int biomeGlobalPalette;
     /**
      * Stores the map between Java and Bedrock biome network IDs.
      */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/level/BiomeTranslator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/level/BiomeTranslator.java
index d4288c5a7..f05ed5ed1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/level/BiomeTranslator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/level/BiomeTranslator.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import com.github.steveice10.mc.protocol.data.game.chunk.DataPalette;
 import com.github.steveice10.mc.protocol.data.game.chunk.palette.GlobalPalette;
 import com.github.steveice10.mc.protocol.data.game.chunk.palette.Palette;
 import com.github.steveice10.mc.protocol.data.game.chunk.palette.SingletonPalette;
-import com.github.steveice10.opennbt.tag.builtin.CompoundTag;
 import it.unimi.dsi.fastutil.ints.*;
 import org.geysermc.geyser.level.chunk.BlockStorage;
 import org.geysermc.geyser.level.chunk.bitarray.BitArray;
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ import org.geysermc.geyser.level.chunk.bitarray.BitArrayVersion;
 import org.geysermc.geyser.level.chunk.bitarray.SingletonBitArray;
 import org.geysermc.geyser.registry.Registries;
 import org.geysermc.geyser.session.GeyserSession;
-import org.geysermc.geyser.util.MathUtils;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -49,8 +47,6 @@ public class BiomeTranslator {
     public static void loadServerBiomes(GeyserSession session, List<RegistryEntry> entries) {
         Int2IntMap biomeTranslations = new Int2IntOpenHashMap();
 
-        session.setBiomeGlobalPalette(MathUtils.getGlobalPaletteForSize(entries.size()));
-
         int greatestBiomeId = 0;
         for (int i = 0; i < entries.size(); i++) {
             RegistryEntry entry = entries.get(i);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/protocol/java/level/JavaLevelChunkWithLightTranslator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/protocol/java/level/JavaLevelChunkWithLightTranslator.java
index a98ead719..e34c0d96d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/protocol/java/level/JavaLevelChunkWithLightTranslator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/protocol/java/level/JavaLevelChunkWithLightTranslator.java
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ public class JavaLevelChunkWithLightTranslator extends PacketTranslator<Clientbo
         // Ensure that, if the player is using lower world heights, the position is not offset
         int yOffset = session.getChunkCache().getChunkMinY();
         int chunkSize = session.getChunkCache().getChunkHeightY();
-        int biomeGlobalPalette = session.getBiomeGlobalPalette();
 
         DataPalette[] javaChunks = new DataPalette[chunkSize];
         DataPalette[] javaBiomes = new DataPalette[chunkSize];
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ public class JavaLevelChunkWithLightTranslator extends PacketTranslator<Clientbo
             ByteBuf in = Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(packet.getChunkData());
             boolean extendedCollisionNextSection = false;
             for (int sectionY = 0; sectionY < chunkSize; sectionY++) {
-                ChunkSection javaSection = session.getDownstream().getCodecHelper().readChunkSection(in, biomeGlobalPalette);
+                ChunkSection javaSection = session.getDownstream().getCodecHelper().readChunkSection(in);
                 javaChunks[sectionY] = javaSection.getChunkData();
                 javaBiomes[sectionY] = javaSection.getBiomeData();
                 boolean extendedCollision = extendedCollisionNextSection;
@@ -393,12 +392,13 @@ public class JavaLevelChunkWithLightTranslator extends PacketTranslator<Clientbo
             final int chunkBlockZ = packet.getZ() << 4;
             for (BlockEntityInfo blockEntity : blockEntities) {
                 BlockEntityType type = blockEntity.getType();
-                if (type == null) {
+                CompoundTag tag = blockEntity.getNbt();
+                if (type == null || tag == null) {
                     // As an example: ViaVersion will send -1 if it cannot find the block entity type
                     // Vanilla Minecraft gracefully handles this
+                    // Since 1.20.5: tags sent here can be null, at which point the block entity is not translated
                     continue;
                 }
-                CompoundTag tag = blockEntity.getNbt();
                 int x = blockEntity.getX(); // Relative to chunk
                 int y = blockEntity.getY();
                 int z = blockEntity.getZ(); // Relative to chunk
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/util/MathUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/util/MathUtils.java
index 353e8a491..32f8b7ef5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/util/MathUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/util/MathUtils.java
@@ -189,11 +189,4 @@ public class MathUtils {
     public static long chunkPositionToLong(int x, int z) {
         return ((x & 0xFFFFFFFFL) << 32L) | (z & 0xFFFFFFFFL);
     }
-
-    /**
-     * @return the bits per entry used when this number is the maximum amount of entries.
-     */
-    public static int getGlobalPaletteForSize(int size) {
-        return 32 - Integer.numberOfLeadingZeros(size - 1);
-    }
 }