diff --git a/patches/server/Paper-config-files.patch b/patches/server/Paper-config-files.patch
index b118340b43..0e39a1bf3e 100644
--- a/patches/server/Paper-config-files.patch
+++ b/patches/server/Paper-config-files.patch
@@ -16,6 +16,34 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..00000000000000000000000000000000
      implementation("commons-lang:commons-lang:2.6")
      runtimeOnly("org.xerial:sqlite-jdbc:3.36.0.3")
      runtimeOnly("mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.29")
+diff --git a/src/main/java/com/destroystokyo/paper/PaperConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/destroystokyo/paper/PaperConfig.java
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/src/main/java/com/destroystokyo/paper/PaperConfig.java
+@@ -0,0 +0,0 @@
++package com.destroystokyo.paper;
++
++/**
++ * @deprecated kept as a means to identify Paper in older plugins/PaperLib
++ */
++@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
++public class PaperConfig {
++}
+diff --git a/src/main/java/com/destroystokyo/paper/PaperWorldConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/destroystokyo/paper/PaperWorldConfig.java
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/src/main/java/com/destroystokyo/paper/PaperWorldConfig.java
+@@ -0,0 +0,0 @@
++package com.destroystokyo.paper;
++
++/**
++ * @deprecated kept as a means to identify Paper in older plugins/PaperLib
++ */
++@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
++public class PaperWorldConfig {
++}
 diff --git a/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/Configuration.java
 new file mode 100644
 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000