diff --git a/api/logic/minecraft/Mod.h b/api/logic/minecraft/Mod.h
index 63bf5ab44..6d36d5256 100644
--- a/api/logic/minecraft/Mod.h
+++ b/api/logic/minecraft/Mod.h
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@ public:
     {
         return m_type;
     }
-    QString mcversion() const
-    {
-        return m_mcversion;
-    }
-    ;
     bool valid()
     {
         return m_type != MOD_UNKNOWN;
@@ -118,13 +113,6 @@ private:
     void ReadLiteModInfo(QByteArray contents);
 
 protected:
-
-    // FIXME: what do do with those? HMM...
-    /*
-    void ReadModInfoData(QString info);
-    void ReadForgeInfoData(QString infoFileData);
-    */
-
     QFileInfo m_file;
     QDateTime m_changedDateTime;
     QString m_mmc_id;
diff --git a/api/logic/minecraft/SimpleModList.cpp b/api/logic/minecraft/SimpleModList.cpp
index 39f5565d3..5edd6856b 100644
--- a/api/logic/minecraft/SimpleModList.cpp
+++ b/api/logic/minecraft/SimpleModList.cpp
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 SimpleModList::SimpleModList(const QString &dir) : QAbstractListModel(), m_dir(dir)
 {
     FS::ensureFolderPathExists(m_dir.absolutePath());
-    m_dir.setFilter(QDir::Readable | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::Files | QDir::Dirs |
-                    QDir::NoSymLinks);
+    m_dir.setFilter(QDir::Readable | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::Files | QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoSymLinks);
     m_dir.setSorting(QDir::Name | QDir::IgnoreCase | QDir::LocaleAware);
     m_watcher = new QFileSystemWatcher(this);
     connect(m_watcher, SIGNAL(directoryChanged(QString)), this, SLOT(directoryChanged(QString)));
diff --git a/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyInstance.cpp b/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyInstance.cpp
index ea81f9fba..f00eb23f2 100644
--- a/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyInstance.cpp
+++ b/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyInstance.cpp
@@ -107,11 +107,6 @@ std::shared_ptr<LegacyModList> LegacyInstance::jarModList() const
     return jar_mod_list;
 }
 
-QList<Mod> LegacyInstance::getJarMods() const
-{
-    return jarModList()->allMods();
-}
-
 QString LegacyInstance::gameRoot() const
 {
     QFileInfo mcDir(FS::PathCombine(instanceRoot(), "minecraft"));
diff --git a/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyInstance.h b/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyInstance.h
index 8bbc2d887..46fca3e43 100644
--- a/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyInstance.h
+++ b/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyInstance.h
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ public:
     QString customBaseJar() const;
 
     std::shared_ptr<LegacyModList> jarModList() const;
-    QList<Mod> getJarMods() const;
     std::shared_ptr<WorldList> worldList() const;
 
     /*!
diff --git a/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyModList.cpp b/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyModList.cpp
index 225113800..23b837c10 100644
--- a/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyModList.cpp
+++ b/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyModList.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ LegacyModList::LegacyModList(const QString &dir, const QString &list_file)
     : m_dir(dir), m_list_file(list_file)
 {
     FS::ensureFolderPathExists(m_dir.absolutePath());
-    m_dir.setFilter(QDir::Readable | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::Files | QDir::Dirs |
-                    QDir::NoSymLinks);
+    m_dir.setFilter(QDir::Readable | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::Files | QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoSymLinks);
     m_dir.setSorting(QDir::Name | QDir::IgnoreCase | QDir::LocaleAware);
 }
 
@@ -34,15 +33,11 @@ LegacyModList::LegacyModList(const QString &dir, const QString &list_file)
     };
     typedef QList<OrderItem> OrderList;
 
-static void internalSort(QList<Mod> &what)
+static void internalSort(QList<LegacyModList::Mod> &what)
 {
-    auto predicate = [](const Mod &left, const Mod &right)
+    auto predicate = [](const LegacyModList::Mod &left, const LegacyModList::Mod &right)
     {
-        if (left.name() == right.name())
-        {
-            return left.mmc_id().localeAwareCompare(right.mmc_id()) < 0;
-        }
-        return left.name().localeAwareCompare(right.name()) < 0;
+        return left.fileName().localeAwareCompare(right.fileName()) < 0;
     };
     std::sort(what.begin(), what.end(), predicate);
 }
@@ -90,7 +85,6 @@ bool LegacyModList::update()
     QList<Mod> newMods;
     m_dir.refresh();
     auto folderContents = m_dir.entryInfoList();
-    bool orderOrStateChanged = false;
 
     // first, process the ordered items (if any)
     OrderList listOrder = readListFile(m_list_file);
@@ -124,48 +118,19 @@ bool LegacyModList::update()
             // remove from the actual folder contents list
             folderContents.takeAt(idx);
             // append the new mod
-            orderedMods.append(Mod(info));
-            if (isEnabled != item.enabled)
-                orderOrStateChanged = true;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            orderOrStateChanged = true;
+            orderedMods.append(info);
         }
     }
-    // if there are any untracked files...
+    // if there are any untracked files... append them sorted at the end
     if (folderContents.size())
     {
-        // the order surely changed!
         for (auto entry : folderContents)
         {
-            newMods.append(Mod(entry));
+            newMods.append(entry);
         }
         internalSort(newMods);
         orderedMods.append(newMods);
-        orderOrStateChanged = true;
-    }
-    // otherwise, if we were already tracking some mods
-    else if (mods.size())
-    {
-        // if the number doesn't match, order changed.
-        if (mods.size() != orderedMods.size())
-            orderOrStateChanged = true;
-        // if it does match, compare the mods themselves
-        else
-            for (int i = 0; i < mods.size(); i++)
-            {
-                if (!mods[i].strongCompare(orderedMods[i]))
-                {
-                    orderOrStateChanged = true;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
     }
     mods.swap(orderedMods);
-    if (orderOrStateChanged && !m_list_file.isEmpty())
-    {
-        qDebug() << "Mod list " << m_list_file << " changed!";
-    }
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyModList.h b/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyModList.h
index 1b5b24c4c..4e91958d2 100644
--- a/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyModList.h
+++ b/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyModList.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class MULTIMC_LOGIC_EXPORT LegacyModList
 {
 public:
 
+    using Mod = QFileInfo;
+
     LegacyModList(const QString &dir, const QString &list_file = QString());
 
     /// Reloads the mod list and returns true if the list changed.
diff --git a/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyUpgradeTask.cpp b/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyUpgradeTask.cpp
index 9a832a248..9d86a7b51 100644
--- a/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyUpgradeTask.cpp
+++ b/api/logic/minecraft/legacy/LegacyUpgradeTask.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "LegacyInstance.h"
 #include "minecraft/MinecraftInstance.h"
 #include "minecraft/ComponentList.h"
+#include "LegacyModList.h"
 #include "classparser.h"
 
 LegacyUpgradeTask::LegacyUpgradeTask(InstancePtr origInstance)
@@ -96,10 +97,10 @@ void LegacyUpgradeTask::copyFinished()
             components->installCustomJar(jarPath);
         }
 
-        auto jarMods = legacyInst->getJarMods();
+        auto jarMods = legacyInst->jarModList()->allMods();
         for(auto & jarMod: jarMods)
         {
-            QString modPath = jarMod.filename().absoluteFilePath();
+            QString modPath = jarMod.absoluteFilePath();
             qDebug() << "jarMod: " << modPath;
             components->installJarMods({modPath});
         }