diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/ru/dbotthepony/mc/otm/client/render/AtlasSkinElement.kt b/src/main/kotlin/ru/dbotthepony/mc/otm/client/render/AtlasSkinElement.kt
index 7fc35f2c1..988603ac7 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/ru/dbotthepony/mc/otm/client/render/AtlasSkinElement.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/ru/dbotthepony/mc/otm/client/render/AtlasSkinElement.kt
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ class AtlasSkinElement private constructor(
 			WidgetAtlasHolder.INSTANCE.queueRebuild()
 		}
 
-		private fun createImpl(location: ResourceLocation): AtlasSkinElement {
+		@JvmStatic
+		fun create(location: ResourceLocation): AtlasSkinElement {
 			var element = skinElementCache[location]
 
 			if (element == null) {
@@ -112,22 +113,6 @@ class AtlasSkinElement private constructor(
 			return element
 		}
 
-		@JvmStatic
-		fun create(location: ResourceLocation): AtlasSkinElement {
-			if (!isWidgetAtlasAvailable) {
-				var element = skinElementCache[location]
-
-				if (element == null) {
-					element = AtlasSkinElement(location, null)
-					skinElementCache[location] = element
-				}
-
-				return element
-			}
-
-			return createImpl(location)
-		}
-
 		fun fromNetwork(buff: FriendlyByteBuf): AtlasSkinElement {
 			return create(buff.readResourceLocation())
 		}