diff --git a/gui/dialogs/OneSixModEditDialog.cpp b/gui/dialogs/OneSixModEditDialog.cpp
index 1742ff80..41ac5d8d 100644
--- a/gui/dialogs/OneSixModEditDialog.cpp
+++ b/gui/dialogs/OneSixModEditDialog.cpp
@@ -109,26 +109,6 @@ void OneSixModEditDialog::disableVersionControls()
 	ui->mainClassEdit->setText("");
 }
 
-void OneSixModEditDialog::on_userEditorBtn_clicked()
-{
-	QDir root(m_inst->instanceRoot());
-	if (!root.exists("user.json"))
-	{
-		QFile file(root.absoluteFilePath("user.json"));
-		if (!file.open(QFile::WriteOnly))
-		{
-			QMessageBox::critical(this, tr("Error"), tr("Couldn't write a skeletion user.json file: %1").arg(file.errorString()));
-			return;
-		}
-		file.write("{\n}");
-		file.close();
-	}
-	if (!MMC->openJsonEditor(root.absoluteFilePath("user.json")))
-	{
-		QMessageBox::warning(this, tr("Error"), tr("Unable to open user.json, check the settings"));
-	}
-}
-
 void OneSixModEditDialog::on_reloadLibrariesBtn_clicked()
 {
 	m_inst->reloadVersion(this);
diff --git a/gui/dialogs/OneSixModEditDialog.h b/gui/dialogs/OneSixModEditDialog.h
index 7e759f48..a7def967 100644
--- a/gui/dialogs/OneSixModEditDialog.h
+++ b/gui/dialogs/OneSixModEditDialog.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ slots:
 	void on_buttonBox_rejected();
 	void on_forgeBtn_clicked();
 	void on_liteloaderBtn_clicked();
-	void on_userEditorBtn_clicked();
 	void on_reloadLibrariesBtn_clicked();
 	void on_removeLibraryBtn_clicked();
 	void updateVersionControls();
diff --git a/gui/dialogs/OneSixModEditDialog.ui b/gui/dialogs/OneSixModEditDialog.ui
index d90c6d93..b97fa323 100644
--- a/gui/dialogs/OneSixModEditDialog.ui
+++ b/gui/dialogs/OneSixModEditDialog.ui
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
             <enum>Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff</enum>
            </property>
            <attribute name="headerVisible">
-            <bool>true</bool>
+            <bool>false</bool>
            </attribute>
           </widget>
          </item>
@@ -108,20 +108,6 @@
            </property>
           </widget>
          </item>
-         <item>
-          <widget class="Line" name="line_2">
-           <property name="orientation">
-            <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-           </property>
-          </widget>
-         </item>
-         <item>
-          <widget class="QPushButton" name="userEditorBtn">
-           <property name="text">
-            <string>Open user.json</string>
-           </property>
-          </widget>
-         </item>
          <item>
           <spacer name="verticalSpacer_7">
            <property name="orientation">
diff --git a/logic/OneSixVersionBuilder.cpp b/logic/OneSixVersionBuilder.cpp
index 9832d4a0..4d6fb05a 100644
--- a/logic/OneSixVersionBuilder.cpp
+++ b/logic/OneSixVersionBuilder.cpp
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ bool OneSixVersionBuilder::build(const bool excludeCustom)
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		// version.json -> patches/*.json -> instance.json
+		// version.json -> patches/*.json -> user.json
 
 		// version.json
 		{
@@ -810,6 +810,7 @@ bool OneSixVersionBuilder::build(const bool excludeCustom)
 			}
 		}
 
+#if 0
 		// user.json
 		if (!excludeCustom)
 		{
@@ -838,6 +839,7 @@ bool OneSixVersionBuilder::build(const bool excludeCustom)
 				}
 			}
 		}
+#endif
 	}
 
 	// some final touches