diff --git a/TShockAPI/Configuration/TShockConfig.cs b/TShockAPI/Configuration/TShockConfig.cs
index d87dfa22..8a5e3321 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Configuration/TShockConfig.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Configuration/TShockConfig.cs
@@ -445,14 +445,6 @@ namespace TShockAPI.Configuration
 		[Description("Whether or not to kick users when they surpass the HealOther threshold.")]
 		public bool KickOnHealOtherThresholdBroken = false;
 
-		/// <summary>Disables a player if this number of tiles is present in a Tile Rectangle packet</summary>
-		[Description("Disables a player if this number of tiles is present in a Tile Rectangle packet")]
-		public int TileRectangleSizeThreshold = 50;
-
-		/// <summary>Whether or not to kick users when they surpass the TileRectangleSize threshold.</summary>
-		[Description("Whether or not to kick users when they surpass the TileRectangleSize threshold.")]
-		public bool KickOnTileRectangleSizeThresholdBroken = false;
-
 		/// <summary>Whether or not the server should suppress build permission failure warnings from regions, spawn point, or server edit failure.</summary>
 		[Description("Whether or not the server should suppress build permission failure warnings from regions, spawn point, or server edit failure.")]
 		public bool SuppressPermissionFailureNotices = false;
diff --git a/TShockAPI/Handlers/SendTileRectHandler.cs b/TShockAPI/Handlers/SendTileRectHandler.cs
index 564590fd..8f6c33c8 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Handlers/SendTileRectHandler.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Handlers/SendTileRectHandler.cs
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI.Handlers
 				}
 			}
 		}
-
+		
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Processes a tile object consisting of multiple tiles from the tile rect packet
 		/// </summary>
@@ -290,12 +290,12 @@ namespace TShockAPI.Handlers
 
 			ITile tile = Main.tile[realX, realY];
 
-			if (tile.type == TileID.LandMine && !newTile.Active)
+			if (rectWidth == 1 && rectLength == 1 && tile.type == TileID.LandMine && !newTile.Active)
 			{
 				UpdateServerTileState(tile, newTile, TileDataType.Tile);
 			}
 
-			if (tile.type == TileID.WirePipe)
+			if (rectWidth == 1 && rectLength == 1 && tile.type == TileID.WirePipe)
 			{
 				UpdateServerTileState(tile, newTile, TileDataType.Tile);
 			}
@@ -500,15 +500,9 @@ namespace TShockAPI.Handlers
 				return true;
 			}
 
-			var rectSize = args.Width * args.Length;
-			if (rectSize > TShock.Config.Settings.TileRectangleSizeThreshold)
+			if (args.Width > 4 || args.Length > 4) // as of 1.4.3.6 this is the biggest size the client will send in any case
 			{
 				TShock.Log.ConsoleDebug("Bouncer / SendTileRect rejected from non-vanilla tilemod from {0}", args.Player.Name);
-				if (TShock.Config.Settings.KickOnTileRectangleSizeThresholdBroken)
-				{
-					args.Player.Kick("Unexpected tile threshold reached");
-				}
-
 				return true;
 			}