diff --git a/TShockAPI/Commands.cs b/TShockAPI/Commands.cs
index 276eee90..b2ad0264 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Commands.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Commands.cs
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 				{
 					var group = TShock.Groups.GetGroupByName(account.Group);
 
-					if (!TShock.Utils.AssertGroupValid(args.Player, group, false))
+					if (!TShock.Groups.AssertGroupValid(args.Player, group, false))
 					{
 						args.Player.SendErrorMessage("Login attempt failed - see the message above.");
 						return;
diff --git a/TShockAPI/GetDataHandlers.cs b/TShockAPI/GetDataHandlers.cs
index a9445105..af75c90c 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/GetDataHandlers.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/GetDataHandlers.cs
@@ -2452,7 +2452,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 
 					var group = TShock.Groups.GetGroupByName(account.Group);
 
-					if (!TShock.Utils.AssertGroupValid(args.Player, group, true))
+					if (!TShock.Groups.AssertGroupValid(args.Player, group, true))
 						return true;
 
 					args.Player.PlayerData = TShock.CharacterDB.GetPlayerData(args.Player, account.ID);
@@ -3023,7 +3023,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 
 					var group = TShock.Groups.GetGroupByName(account.Group);
 
-					if (!TShock.Utils.AssertGroupValid(args.Player, group, true))
+					if (!TShock.Groups.AssertGroupValid(args.Player, group, true))
 						return true;
 
 					args.Player.Group = group;
diff --git a/TShockAPI/Utils.cs b/TShockAPI/Utils.cs
index 717f08a2..92d45299 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Utils.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Utils.cs
@@ -212,28 +212,6 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 			} while (TilePlacementValid(tileX, tileY) && TileSolid(tileX, tileY));
 		}
 
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Asserts that the group reference can be safely assigned to the player object.
-		/// <para>If this assertion fails, and <paramref name="kick"/> is true, the player is disconnected. If <paramref name="kick"/> is false, the player will receive an error message.</para>
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="player">The player in question</param>
-		/// <param name="group">The group we want to assign them</param>
-		/// <param name="kick">Whether or not failing this check disconnects the player.</param>
-		/// <returns></returns>
-		public bool AssertGroupValid(TSPlayer player, Group group, bool kick)
-		{
-			if (group == null)
-			{
-				if (kick)
-					player.Disconnect("Your account's group could not be loaded. Please contact server administrators about this.");
-				else
-					player.SendErrorMessage("Your account's group could not be loaded. Please contact server administrators about this.");
-				return false;
-			}
-
-			return true;
-		}
-
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Determines if a tile is valid.
 		/// </summary>