diff --git a/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/util/WizardryUtilities.java b/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/util/WizardryUtilities.java
index 097f2814..fd129af5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/util/WizardryUtilities.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/util/WizardryUtilities.java
@@ -887,6 +887,13 @@ public final class WizardryUtilities {
 		return list;
 
 	}
+	
+	/** Removes the UUID with the given key from the given NBT tag, if any. Why this doesn't exist in vanilla I have
+	 * no idea. */
+	public static void removeUniqueId(NBTTagCompound tag, String key){
+		tag.removeTag(key + "Most");
+		tag.removeTag(key + "Least");
+	}
 
 	// TODO: Backport: It has recently become apparent that storing UUIDs as strings is not good practice, so backport
 	// these two