diff --git a/src/world/format/Chunk.php b/src/world/format/Chunk.php
index 7f3f06162..9ba58e829 100644
--- a/src/world/format/Chunk.php
+++ b/src/world/format/Chunk.php
@@ -505,17 +505,6 @@ class Chunk{
 		$this->dirtyFlags = 0;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns the subchunk at the specified subchunk Y coordinate, or an empty, unmodifiable stub if it does not exist or the coordinate is out of range.
-	 */
-	public function getSubChunk(int $y) : SubChunkInterface{
-		if($y < 0 or $y >= $this->subChunks->getSize()){
-			return EmptySubChunk::getInstance(); //TODO: drop this and throw an exception here
-		}
-
-		return $this->subChunks[$y];
-	}
-
 	public function getSubChunkChecked(int $y) : SubChunk{
 		if($y < 0 || $y >= $this->subChunks->getSize()){
 			throw new \InvalidArgumentException("Invalid subchunk Y coordinate $y");
diff --git a/src/world/format/EmptySubChunk.php b/src/world/format/EmptySubChunk.php
deleted file mode 100644
index e1bac9118..000000000
--- a/src/world/format/EmptySubChunk.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +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\world\format;
-
-class EmptySubChunk implements SubChunkInterface{
-	/** @var EmptySubChunk */
-	private static $instance;
-
-	public static function getInstance() : self{
-		if(self::$instance === null){
-			self::$instance = new self();
-		}
-
-		return self::$instance;
-	}
-
-	public function isEmptyAuthoritative() : bool{
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	public function isEmptyFast() : bool{
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	public function getFullBlock(int $x, int $y, int $z) : int{
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	public function getBlockLayers() : array{
-		return [];
-	}
-
-	public function getHighestBlockAt(int $x, int $z) : int{
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	public function getBlockLightArray() : LightArray{
-		return LightArray::fill(0);
-	}
-
-	public function getBlockSkyLightArray() : LightArray{
-		return LightArray::fill(15);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/world/format/SubChunk.php b/src/world/format/SubChunk.php
index e9c4e6c5f..46026b833 100644
--- a/src/world/format/SubChunk.php
+++ b/src/world/format/SubChunk.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace pocketmine\world\format;
 use function array_values;
 use function count;
 
-class SubChunk implements SubChunkInterface{
+class SubChunk{
 	/** @var int */
 	private $defaultBlock;
 	/** @var PalettedBlockArray[] */
@@ -50,11 +50,20 @@ class SubChunk implements SubChunkInterface{
 		$this->blockLight = $blockLight ?? LightArray::fill(0);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether this subchunk contains any non-air blocks.
+	 * This function will do a slow check, usually by garbage collecting first.
+	 * This is typically useful for disk saving.
+	 */
 	public function isEmptyAuthoritative() : bool{
 		$this->collectGarbage();
 		return $this->isEmptyFast();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns a non-authoritative bool to indicate whether the chunk contains any blocks.
+	 * This may report non-empty erroneously if the chunk has been modified and not garbage-collected.
+	 */
 	public function isEmptyFast() : bool{
 		return count($this->blockLayers) === 0;
 	}
diff --git a/src/world/format/SubChunkInterface.php b/src/world/format/SubChunkInterface.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 25f4cce28..000000000
--- a/src/world/format/SubChunkInterface.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +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\world\format;
-
-interface SubChunkInterface{
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns whether this subchunk contains any non-air blocks.
-	 * This function will do a slow check, usually by garbage collecting first.
-	 * This is typically useful for disk saving.
-	 */
-	public function isEmptyAuthoritative() : bool;
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns a non-authoritative bool to indicate whether the chunk contains any blocks.
-	 * This may report non-empty erroneously if the chunk has been modified and not garbage-collected.
-	 */
-	public function isEmptyFast() : bool;
-
-	public function getFullBlock(int $x, int $y, int $z) : int;
-
-	/**
-	 * @return PalettedBlockArray[]
-	 */
-	public function getBlockLayers() : array;
-
-	public function getHighestBlockAt(int $x, int $z) : int;
-
-	public function getBlockSkyLightArray() : LightArray;
-
-	public function getBlockLightArray() : LightArray;
-}