diff --git a/src/data/bedrock/block/CachingBlockStateDeserializer.php b/src/data/bedrock/block/CachingBlockStateDeserializer.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 2078b7cc5..000000000
--- a/src/data/bedrock/block/CachingBlockStateDeserializer.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- *
- *  ____            _        _   __  __ _                  __  __ ____
- * |  _ \ ___   ___| | _____| |_|  \/  (_)_ __   ___      |  \/  |  _ \
- * | |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / _ \ __| |\/| | | '_ \ / _ \_____| |\/| | |_) |
- * |  __/ (_) | (__|   <  __/ |_| |  | | | | | |  __/_____| |  | |  __/
- * |_|   \___/ \___|_|\_\___|\__|_|  |_|_|_| |_|\___|     |_|  |_|_|
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * @author PocketMine Team
- * @link http://www.pocketmine.net/
- *
- *
- */
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace pocketmine\data\bedrock\block;
-
-use function count;
-
-final class CachingBlockStateDeserializer implements DelegatingBlockStateDeserializer{
-
-	/**
-	 * @var int[]
-	 * @phpstan-var array<string, int>
-	 */
-	private array $simpleCache = [];
-
-	public function __construct(
-		private BlockStateDeserializer $realDeserializer
-	){}
-
-	public function deserialize(BlockStateData $stateData) : int{
-		if(count($stateData->getStates()) === 0){
-			//if a block has zero properties, we can keep a map of string ID -> internal blockstate ID
-			return $this->simpleCache[$stateData->getName()] ??= $this->realDeserializer->deserialize($stateData);
-		}
-
-		//we can't cache blocks that have properties - go ahead and deserialize the slow way
-		return $this->realDeserializer->deserialize($stateData);
-	}
-
-	public function getRealDeserializer() : BlockStateDeserializer{ return $this->realDeserializer; }
-}
diff --git a/src/data/bedrock/block/CachingBlockStateSerializer.php b/src/data/bedrock/block/CachingBlockStateSerializer.php
deleted file mode 100644
index f6129622d..000000000
--- a/src/data/bedrock/block/CachingBlockStateSerializer.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- *
- *  ____            _        _   __  __ _                  __  __ ____
- * |  _ \ ___   ___| | _____| |_|  \/  (_)_ __   ___      |  \/  |  _ \
- * | |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / _ \ __| |\/| | | '_ \ / _ \_____| |\/| | |_) |
- * |  __/ (_) | (__|   <  __/ |_| |  | | | | | |  __/_____| |  | |  __/
- * |_|   \___/ \___|_|\_\___|\__|_|  |_|_|_| |_|\___|     |_|  |_|_|
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * @author PocketMine Team
- * @link http://www.pocketmine.net/
- *
- *
- */
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace pocketmine\data\bedrock\block;
-
-final class CachingBlockStateSerializer implements DelegatingBlockStateSerializer{
-
-	/**
-	 * @var BlockStateData[]
-	 * @phpstan-var array<int, BlockStateData>
-	 */
-	private array $cache = [];
-
-	public function __construct(
-		private BlockStateSerializer $realSerializer
-	){}
-
-	public function serialize(int $stateId) : BlockStateData{
-		return $this->cache[$stateId] ??= $this->realSerializer->serialize($stateId);
-	}
-
-	public function getRealSerializer() : BlockStateSerializer{ return $this->realSerializer; }
-}
diff --git a/src/data/bedrock/block/DelegatingBlockStateDeserializer.php b/src/data/bedrock/block/DelegatingBlockStateDeserializer.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 1844d44fc..000000000
--- a/src/data/bedrock/block/DelegatingBlockStateDeserializer.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- *
- *  ____            _        _   __  __ _                  __  __ ____
- * |  _ \ ___   ___| | _____| |_|  \/  (_)_ __   ___      |  \/  |  _ \
- * | |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / _ \ __| |\/| | | '_ \ / _ \_____| |\/| | |_) |
- * |  __/ (_) | (__|   <  __/ |_| |  | | | | | |  __/_____| |  | |  __/
- * |_|   \___/ \___|_|\_\___|\__|_|  |_|_|_| |_|\___|     |_|  |_|_|
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * @author PocketMine Team
- * @link http://www.pocketmine.net/
- *
- *
- */
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace pocketmine\data\bedrock\block;
-
-interface DelegatingBlockStateDeserializer extends BlockStateDeserializer{
-
-	public function getRealDeserializer() : BlockStateDeserializer;
-}
diff --git a/src/data/bedrock/block/DelegatingBlockStateSerializer.php b/src/data/bedrock/block/DelegatingBlockStateSerializer.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c5333606..000000000
--- a/src/data/bedrock/block/DelegatingBlockStateSerializer.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- *
- *  ____            _        _   __  __ _                  __  __ ____
- * |  _ \ ___   ___| | _____| |_|  \/  (_)_ __   ___      |  \/  |  _ \
- * | |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / _ \ __| |\/| | | '_ \ / _ \_____| |\/| | |_) |
- * |  __/ (_) | (__|   <  __/ |_| |  | | | | | |  __/_____| |  | |  __/
- * |_|   \___/ \___|_|\_\___|\__|_|  |_|_|_| |_|\___|     |_|  |_|_|
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * @author PocketMine Team
- * @link http://www.pocketmine.net/
- *
- *
- */
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace pocketmine\data\bedrock\block;
-
-interface DelegatingBlockStateSerializer extends BlockStateSerializer{
-
-	public function getRealSerializer() : BlockStateSerializer;
-}
diff --git a/src/data/bedrock/block/convert/BlockObjectToBlockStateSerializer.php b/src/data/bedrock/block/convert/BlockObjectToBlockStateSerializer.php
index ffe792116..5a8fa4bf5 100644
--- a/src/data/bedrock/block/convert/BlockObjectToBlockStateSerializer.php
+++ b/src/data/bedrock/block/convert/BlockObjectToBlockStateSerializer.php
@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ final class BlockObjectToBlockStateSerializer implements BlockStateSerializer{
 	 */
 	private array $serializers = [];
 
+	/**
+	 * @var BlockStateData[]
+	 * @phpstan-var array<int, BlockStateData>
+	 */
+	private array $cache = [];
+
 	public function __construct(){
 		$this->registerCandleSerializers();
 		$this->registerCauldronSerializers();
@@ -188,7 +194,8 @@ final class BlockObjectToBlockStateSerializer implements BlockStateSerializer{
 
 	public function serialize(int $stateId) : BlockStateData{
 		//TODO: singleton usage not ideal
-		return $this->serializeBlock(BlockFactory::getInstance()->fromStateId($stateId));
+		//TODO: we may want to deduplicate cache entries to avoid wasting memory
+		return $this->cache[$stateId] ??= $this->serializeBlock(BlockFactory::getInstance()->fromStateId($stateId));
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/data/bedrock/block/convert/BlockStateToBlockObjectDeserializer.php b/src/data/bedrock/block/convert/BlockStateToBlockObjectDeserializer.php
index adb9fe368..14871be25 100644
--- a/src/data/bedrock/block/convert/BlockStateToBlockObjectDeserializer.php
+++ b/src/data/bedrock/block/convert/BlockStateToBlockObjectDeserializer.php
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ use pocketmine\data\bedrock\block\convert\BlockStateReader as Reader;
 use pocketmine\math\Axis;
 use pocketmine\math\Facing;
 use function array_key_exists;
+use function count;
 use function min;
 
 final class BlockStateToBlockObjectDeserializer implements BlockStateDeserializer{
@@ -61,6 +62,12 @@ final class BlockStateToBlockObjectDeserializer implements BlockStateDeserialize
 	 */
 	private array $deserializeFuncs = [];
 
+	/**
+	 * @var int[]
+	 * @phpstan-var array<string, int>
+	 */
+	private array $simpleCache = [];
+
 	public function __construct(){
 		$this->registerCandleDeserializers();
 		$this->registerCauldronDeserializers();
@@ -69,6 +76,12 @@ final class BlockStateToBlockObjectDeserializer implements BlockStateDeserialize
 	}
 
 	public function deserialize(BlockStateData $stateData) : int{
+		if(count($stateData->getStates()) === 0){
+			//if a block has zero properties, we can keep a map of string ID -> internal blockstate ID
+			return $this->simpleCache[$stateData->getName()] ??= $this->deserializeBlock($stateData)->getStateId();
+		}
+
+		//we can't cache blocks that have properties - go ahead and deserialize the slow way
 		return $this->deserializeBlock($stateData)->getStateId();
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/world/format/io/GlobalBlockStateHandlers.php b/src/world/format/io/GlobalBlockStateHandlers.php
index 195b9337a..49924f5ed 100644
--- a/src/world/format/io/GlobalBlockStateHandlers.php
+++ b/src/world/format/io/GlobalBlockStateHandlers.php
@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace pocketmine\world\format\io;
 
 use pocketmine\data\bedrock\block\BlockStateData;
-use pocketmine\data\bedrock\block\BlockStateDeserializer;
-use pocketmine\data\bedrock\block\BlockStateSerializer;
 use pocketmine\data\bedrock\block\BlockTypeNames;
-use pocketmine\data\bedrock\block\CachingBlockStateDeserializer;
-use pocketmine\data\bedrock\block\CachingBlockStateSerializer;
 use pocketmine\data\bedrock\block\convert\BlockObjectToBlockStateSerializer;
 use pocketmine\data\bedrock\block\convert\BlockStateToBlockObjectDeserializer;
 use pocketmine\data\bedrock\block\upgrade\BlockDataUpgrader;
@@ -49,20 +45,20 @@ use const pocketmine\BEDROCK_BLOCK_UPGRADE_SCHEMA_PATH;
  */
 final class GlobalBlockStateHandlers{
 
-	private static ?BlockStateSerializer $blockStateSerializer = null;
+	private static ?BlockObjectToBlockStateSerializer $blockStateSerializer = null;
 
-	private static ?BlockStateDeserializer $blockStateDeserializer = null;
+	private static ?BlockStateToBlockObjectDeserializer $blockStateDeserializer = null;
 
 	private static ?BlockDataUpgrader $blockDataUpgrader = null;
 
 	private static ?BlockStateData $unknownBlockStateData = null;
 
-	public static function getDeserializer() : BlockStateDeserializer{
-		return self::$blockStateDeserializer ??= new CachingBlockStateDeserializer(new BlockStateToBlockObjectDeserializer());
+	public static function getDeserializer() : BlockStateToBlockObjectDeserializer{
+		return self::$blockStateDeserializer ??= new BlockStateToBlockObjectDeserializer();
 	}
 
-	public static function getSerializer() : BlockStateSerializer{
-		return self::$blockStateSerializer ??= new CachingBlockStateSerializer(new BlockObjectToBlockStateSerializer());
+	public static function getSerializer() : BlockObjectToBlockStateSerializer{
+		return self::$blockStateSerializer ??= new BlockObjectToBlockStateSerializer();
 	}
 
 	public static function getUpgrader() : BlockDataUpgrader{