diff --git a/src/world/format/io/region/RegionLoader.php b/src/world/format/io/region/RegionLoader.php
index 1aa06812f..746e057f3 100644
--- a/src/world/format/io/region/RegionLoader.php
+++ b/src/world/format/io/region/RegionLoader.php
@@ -80,15 +80,13 @@ class RegionLoader{
 	/** @var int */
 	public $lastUsed = 0;
 
-	public function __construct(string $filePath){
-		$this->filePath = $filePath;
-		$this->garbageTable = new RegionGarbageMap([]);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @throws CorruptedRegionException
 	 */
-	public function open() : void{
+	public function __construct(string $filePath){
+		$this->filePath = $filePath;
+		$this->garbageTable = new RegionGarbageMap([]);
+
 		clearstatcache(false, $this->filePath);
 		$exists = file_exists($this->filePath);
 		if(!$exists){
diff --git a/src/world/format/io/region/RegionWorldProvider.php b/src/world/format/io/region/RegionWorldProvider.php
index 68ed8f1f6..2a16e8ae1 100644
--- a/src/world/format/io/region/RegionWorldProvider.php
+++ b/src/world/format/io/region/RegionWorldProvider.php
@@ -115,24 +115,18 @@ abstract class RegionWorldProvider extends BaseWorldProvider{
 		if(!isset($this->regions[$index = morton2d_encode($regionX, $regionZ)])){
 			$path = $this->pathToRegion($regionX, $regionZ);
 
-			$region = new RegionLoader($path);
 			try{
-				$region->open();
+				$this->regions[$index] = new RegionLoader($path);
 			}catch(CorruptedRegionException $e){
 				$logger = \GlobalLogger::get();
 				$logger->error("Corrupted region file detected: " . $e->getMessage());
 
-				$region->close(); //Do not write anything to the file
-
 				$backupPath = $path . ".bak." . time();
 				rename($path, $backupPath);
 				$logger->error("Corrupted region file has been backed up to " . $backupPath);
 
-				$region = new RegionLoader($path);
-				$region->open(); //this will create a new empty region to replace the corrupted one
+				$this->regions[$index] = new RegionLoader($path); //this will create a new empty region to replace the corrupted one
 			}
-
-			$this->regions[$index] = $region;
 		}
 		return $this->regions[$index];
 	}
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/world/format/io/region/RegionLoaderTest.php b/tests/phpunit/world/format/io/region/RegionLoaderTest.php
index f80df791e..2b35f2f19 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/world/format/io/region/RegionLoaderTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/world/format/io/region/RegionLoaderTest.php
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ class RegionLoaderTest extends TestCase{
 			unlink($this->regionPath);
 		}
 		$this->region = new RegionLoader($this->regionPath);
-		$this->region->open();
 	}
 
 	public function tearDown() : void{
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ class RegionLoaderTest extends TestCase{
 		$this->region->close();
 
 		$r = new RegionLoader($this->regionPath);
-		$r->open();
 		self::assertSame($data, $r->readChunk(0, 0));
 	}
 
@@ -122,12 +120,10 @@ class RegionLoaderTest extends TestCase{
 	public function testRegionHeaderCachedFilesizeRegression() : void{
 		$this->region->close();
 		$region = new RegionLoader($this->regionPath); //now we have a region, so the header will be verified, triggering two filesize() calls
-		$region->open();
 		$data = str_repeat("hello", 2000);
 		$region->writeChunk(0, 0, $data); //add some data to the end of the file, to make the cached filesize invalid
 		$region->close();
 		$region = new RegionLoader($this->regionPath);
-		$region->open();
 		self::assertSame($data, $region->readChunk(0, 0));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tools/compact-regions.php b/tools/compact-regions.php
index 90d3f8ee8..77089ce0d 100644
--- a/tools/compact-regions.php
+++ b/tools/compact-regions.php
@@ -107,9 +107,8 @@ function main(array $argv) : int{
 	$doneCount = 0;
 	$totalCount = count($files);
 	foreach($files as $file => $size){
-		$oldRegion = new RegionLoader($file);
 		try{
-			$oldRegion->open();
+			$oldRegion = new RegionLoader($file);
 		}catch(CorruptedRegionException $e){
 			$logger->error("Damaged region in file $file (" . $e->getMessage() . "), skipping");
 			$corruptedFiles[] = $file;
@@ -119,7 +118,6 @@ function main(array $argv) : int{
 
 		$newFile = $file . ".compacted";
 		$newRegion = new RegionLoader($newFile);
-		$newRegion->open();
 
 		$emptyRegion = true;
 		$corruption = false;