diff --git a/src/plugin/DiskResourceProvider.php b/src/plugin/DiskResourceProvider.php
deleted file mode 100644
index efdc9cd17..000000000
--- a/src/plugin/DiskResourceProvider.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +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\plugin;
-
-use pocketmine\utils\AssumptionFailedError;
-use function file_exists;
-use function fopen;
-use function is_dir;
-use function rtrim;
-use function str_replace;
-use function strlen;
-use function substr;
-use const DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
-
-/**
- * Provides resources from the given plugin directory on disk. The path may be prefixed with a specific access protocol
- * to enable special types of access.
- */
-class DiskResourceProvider implements ResourceProvider{
-	private string $file;
-
-	public function __construct(string $path){
-		$this->file = rtrim(str_replace(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, "/", $path), "/") . "/";
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Gets an embedded resource on the plugin file.
-	 * WARNING: You must close the resource given using fclose()
-	 *
-	 * @return null|resource Resource data, or null
-	 */
-	public function getResource(string $filename){
-		$filename = rtrim(str_replace(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, "/", $filename), "/");
-		if(file_exists($this->file . $filename)){
-			$resource = fopen($this->file . $filename, "rb");
-			if($resource === false) throw new AssumptionFailedError("fopen() should not fail on a file which exists");
-			return $resource;
-		}
-
-		return null;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns all the resources packaged with the plugin in the form ["path/in/resources" => SplFileInfo]
-	 *
-	 * @return \SplFileInfo[]
-	 */
-	public function getResources() : array{
-		$resources = [];
-		if(is_dir($this->file)){
-			/** @var \SplFileInfo $resource */
-			foreach(new \RecursiveIteratorIterator(new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator($this->file)) as $resource){
-				if($resource->isFile()){
-					$path = str_replace(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, "/", substr((string) $resource, strlen($this->file)));
-					$resources[$path] = $resource;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		return $resources;
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/plugin/Plugin.php b/src/plugin/Plugin.php
index 49b393e5a..ae64d443b 100644
--- a/src/plugin/Plugin.php
+++ b/src/plugin/Plugin.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use pocketmine\Server;
  */
 interface Plugin{
 
-	public function __construct(PluginLoader $loader, Server $server, PluginDescription $description, string $dataFolder, string $file, ResourceProvider $resourceProvider);
+	public function __construct(PluginLoader $loader, Server $server, PluginDescription $description, string $dataFolder, string $file, string $resourceFolder);
 
 	public function isEnabled() : bool;
 
diff --git a/src/plugin/PluginBase.php b/src/plugin/PluginBase.php
index c8f3e1c39..a4f9bcf71 100644
--- a/src/plugin/PluginBase.php
+++ b/src/plugin/PluginBase.php
@@ -39,11 +39,15 @@ use function dirname;
 use function fclose;
 use function file_exists;
 use function fopen;
+use function is_dir;
 use function mkdir;
 use function rtrim;
 use function str_contains;
+use function str_replace;
 use function stream_copy_to_stream;
+use function strlen;
 use function strtolower;
+use function substr;
 use function trim;
 use const DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
 
@@ -62,11 +66,13 @@ abstract class PluginBase implements Plugin, CommandExecutor{
 		private PluginDescription $description,
 		private string $dataFolder,
 		private string $file,
-		private ResourceProvider $resourceProvider
+		private string $resourceFolder,
 	){
 		$this->dataFolder = rtrim($dataFolder, "/" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) . "/";
 		//TODO: this is accessed externally via reflection, not unused
 		$this->file = rtrim($file, "/" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) . "/";
+		$this->resourceFolder = rtrim(str_replace(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, "/", $resourceFolder), "/") . "/";
+
 		$this->configFile = Path::join($this->dataFolder, "config.yml");
 
 		$prefix = $this->getDescription()->getPrefix();
@@ -215,7 +221,14 @@ abstract class PluginBase implements Plugin, CommandExecutor{
 	 * @return null|resource Resource data, or null
 	 */
 	public function getResource(string $filename){
-		return $this->resourceProvider->getResource($filename);
+		$filename = rtrim(str_replace(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, "/", $filename), "/");
+		if(file_exists($this->resourceFolder . $filename)){
+			$resource = fopen($this->resourceFolder . $filename, "rb");
+			if($resource === false) throw new AssumptionFailedError("fopen() should not fail on a file which exists");
+			return $resource;
+		}
+
+		return null;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -254,7 +267,18 @@ abstract class PluginBase implements Plugin, CommandExecutor{
 	 * @return \SplFileInfo[]
 	 */
 	public function getResources() : array{
-		return $this->resourceProvider->getResources();
+		$resources = [];
+		if(is_dir($this->resourceFolder)){
+			/** @var \SplFileInfo $resource */
+			foreach(new \RecursiveIteratorIterator(new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator($this->resourceFolder)) as $resource){
+				if($resource->isFile()){
+					$path = str_replace(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, "/", substr((string) $resource, strlen($this->resourceFolder)));
+					$resources[$path] = $resource;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $resources;
 	}
 
 	public function getConfig() : Config{
diff --git a/src/plugin/PluginManager.php b/src/plugin/PluginManager.php
index 8e0109eaf..b065f0de9 100644
--- a/src/plugin/PluginManager.php
+++ b/src/plugin/PluginManager.php
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class PluginManager{
 		 * @var Plugin $plugin
 		 * @see Plugin::__construct()
 		 */
-		$plugin = new $mainClass($loader, $this->server, $description, $dataFolder, $prefixed, new DiskResourceProvider($prefixed . "/resources/"));
+		$plugin = new $mainClass($loader, $this->server, $description, $dataFolder, $prefixed, $prefixed . "/resources/");
 		$this->plugins[$plugin->getDescription()->getName()] = $plugin;
 
 		return $plugin;
diff --git a/src/plugin/ResourceProvider.php b/src/plugin/ResourceProvider.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 3594d7eee..000000000
--- a/src/plugin/ResourceProvider.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +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\plugin;
-
-interface ResourceProvider{
-	/**
-	 * Gets an embedded resource on the plugin file.
-	 * WARNING: You must close the resource given using fclose()
-	 *
-	 * @return null|resource Resource data, or null
-	 */
-	public function getResource(string $filename);
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns all the resources packaged with the plugin in the form ["path/in/resources" => SplFileInfo]
-	 *
-	 * @return \SplFileInfo[]
-	 */
-	public function getResources() : array;
-}