diff --git a/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/client/Minecraft.java.patch b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/client/Minecraft.java.patch
index 5b0c81c6da..984363caae 100644
--- a/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/client/Minecraft.java.patch
+++ b/patches/minecraft/net/minecraft/client/Minecraft.java.patch
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@
        this.f_91033_ = p_91084_.f_101908_.f_101926_;
        this.f_91034_ = !p_91084_.f_101908_.f_101929_;
        this.f_91035_ = !p_91084_.f_101908_.f_101930_;
-@@ -426,6 +_,7 @@
-       }
- 
-       Util.f_137440_ = RenderSystem.m_69576_();
-+      if (net.minecraftforge.common.ForgeConfig.CLIENT.forceSystemNanoTime.get()) Util.f_137440_ = System::nanoTime;
-       this.f_90989_ = new VirtualScreen(this);
-       this.f_90990_ = this.f_90989_.m_110872_(displaydata, this.f_91066_.f_92123_, this.m_91270_());
-       this.m_7440_(true);
 @@ -445,7 +_,6 @@
  
        this.f_90990_.m_85380_(this.f_91066_.m_232035_().m_231551_());
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeConfig.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeConfig.java
index fc9663d6dd..cafabcb8f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeConfig.java
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ public class ForgeConfig {
 
         public final BooleanValue useCombinedDepthStencilAttachment;
 
-        public final BooleanValue forceSystemNanoTime;
-
         Client(ForgeConfigSpec.Builder builder) {
             builder.comment("Client only settings, mostly things related to rendering")
                    .push("client");
@@ -154,11 +152,6 @@ public class ForgeConfig {
                     .translation("forge.configgui.useCombinedDepthStencilAttachment")
                     .define("useCombinedDepthStencilAttachment", false);
 
-            forceSystemNanoTime = builder
-                    .comment("Forces the use of System.nanoTime instead of glfwGetTime, as the main Util time provider")
-                    .translation("forge.configgui.forceSystemNanoTime")
-                    .define("forceSystemNanoTime", false);
-
             builder.pop();
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeConfigSpec.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeConfigSpec.java
index 37450f7fc7..935747c003 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeConfigSpec.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeConfigSpec.java
@@ -834,9 +834,29 @@ public class ForgeConfigSpec extends UnmodifiableConfigWrapper<UnmodifiableConfi
             return Lists.newArrayList(path);
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Returns the actual value for the configuration setting, throwing if the config has not yet been loaded.
+         *
+         * @return the actual value for the setting
+         * @throws NullPointerException if the {@link ForgeConfigSpec config spec} object that will contain this has
+         *                              not yet been built
+         * @throws IllegalStateException if the associated config has not yet been loaded
+         */
         public T get()
         {
             Preconditions.checkNotNull(spec, "Cannot get config value before spec is built");
+            // TODO: Remove this dev-time check so this errors out on both production and dev
+            // This is dev-time-only in 1.18.2, to avoid breaking already published mods while forcing devs to fix their errors
+            if (!FMLEnvironment.production)
+            {
+                // When the above if-check is removed, change message to "Cannot get config value before config is loaded"
+                Preconditions.checkState(spec.childConfig != null, """
+                        Cannot get config value before config is loaded.
+                        This error is currently only thrown in the development environment, to avoid breaking published mods.
+                        In a future version, this will also throw in the production environment.
+                        """);
+            }
+
             if (spec.childConfig == null)
                 return defaultSupplier.get();
 
@@ -853,6 +873,14 @@ public class ForgeConfigSpec extends UnmodifiableConfigWrapper<UnmodifiableConfi
             return config.getOrElse(path, defaultSupplier);
         }
 
+        /**
+         * {@return the default value for the configuration setting}
+         */
+        public T getDefault()
+        {
+            return defaultSupplier.get();
+        }
+
         public Builder next()
         {
             return parent;