diff --git a/src/block/BaseSign.php b/src/block/BaseSign.php
index a1d2d6944..1709e4a8a 100644
--- a/src/block/BaseSign.php
+++ b/src/block/BaseSign.php
@@ -105,9 +105,8 @@ abstract class BaseSign extends Transparent{
 		if($size > 1000){
 			throw new \UnexpectedValueException($author->getName() . " tried to write $size bytes of text onto a sign (bigger than max 1000)");
 		}
-		$removeFormat = $author->getRemoveFormat();
-		$ev = new SignChangeEvent($this, $author, new SignText(array_map(function(string $line) use ($removeFormat) : string{
-			return TextFormat::clean($line, $removeFormat);
+		$ev = new SignChangeEvent($this, $author, new SignText(array_map(function(string $line) : string{
+			return TextFormat::clean($line, false);
 		}, $text->getLines())));
 		$ev->call();
 		if(!$ev->isCancelled()){
diff --git a/src/player/Player.php b/src/player/Player.php
index fd9d64800..5b8cd628e 100644
--- a/src/player/Player.php
+++ b/src/player/Player.php
@@ -183,8 +183,6 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkListener, IPlayer{
 
 	/** @var int */
 	protected $messageCounter = 2;
-	/** @var bool */
-	protected $removeFormat = true;
 
 	/** @var int */
 	protected $firstPlayed;
@@ -345,9 +343,6 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkListener, IPlayer{
 		}
 
 		$this->keepMovement = true;
-		if($this->isOp()){
-			$this->setRemoveFormat(false);
-		}
 
 		$this->setNameTagVisible();
 		$this->setNameTagAlwaysVisible();
@@ -485,14 +480,6 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkListener, IPlayer{
 		return $this->server;
 	}
 
-	public function getRemoveFormat() : bool{
-		return $this->removeFormat;
-	}
-
-	public function setRemoveFormat(bool $remove = true) : void{
-		$this->removeFormat = $remove;
-	}
-
 	public function getScreenLineHeight() : int{
 		return $this->lineHeight ?? 7;
 	}
@@ -1370,7 +1357,7 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkListener, IPlayer{
 	public function chat(string $message) : bool{
 		$this->doCloseInventory();
 
-		$message = TextFormat::clean($message, $this->removeFormat);
+		$message = TextFormat::clean($message, false);
 		foreach(explode("\n", $message) as $messagePart){
 			if(trim($messagePart) !== "" and strlen($messagePart) <= 255 and $this->messageCounter-- > 0){
 				if(strpos($messagePart, './') === 0){