paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/World.java

@@ -476,12 +476,15 @@ public interface World extends RegionAccessor, WorldInfo, PluginMessageRecipient
      * @param z Z-coordinate of the chunk
      * @return Whether the chunk was actually regenerated
      *
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException not implemented
      * @deprecated regenerating a single chunk is not likely to produce the same
      * chunk as before as terrain decoration may be spread across chunks. It may
      * or may not change blocks in the adjacent chunks as well.
      */
-    @Deprecated(since = "1.13")
+    @Deprecated(since = "1.13", forRemoval = true)
-    public boolean regenerateChunk(int x, int z);
+    default boolean regenerateChunk(int x, int z) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported in this Minecraft version! This is not a bug.");
+    }
 
     /**
      * Resends the {@link Chunk} to all clients

paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/CraftWorld.java

@@ -470,33 +470,6 @@ public class CraftWorld extends CraftRegionAccessor implements World {
         return !this.isChunkLoaded(x, z);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public boolean regenerateChunk(int x, int z) {
-        org.spigotmc.AsyncCatcher.catchOp("chunk regenerate"); // Spigot
-        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported in this Minecraft version! Unless you can fix it, this is not a bug :)");
-        /*
-        if (!unloadChunk0(x, z, false)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        warnUnsafeChunk("regenerating a faraway chunk", x, z); // Paper
-
-        final long chunkKey = ChunkCoordIntPair.pair(x, z);
-        world.getChunkProvider().unloadQueue.remove(chunkKey);
-
-        net.minecraft.server.Chunk chunk = world.getChunkProvider().generateChunk(x, z);
-        PlayerChunk playerChunk = world.getPlayerChunkMap().getChunk(x, z);
-        if (playerChunk != null) {
-            playerChunk.chunk = chunk;
-        }
-
-        if (chunk != null) {
-            refreshChunk(x, z);
-        }
-
-        return chunk != null;
-        */
-    }
-
     @Override
     public boolean refreshChunk(int x, int z) {
         ChunkHolder playerChunk = this.world.getChunkSource().chunkMap.getVisibleChunkIfPresent(ChunkPos.asLong(x, z));