diff --git a/Celeste.Mod.mm/Patches/Monocle/ParticleType.cs b/Celeste.Mod.mm/Patches/Monocle/ParticleType.cs
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+using MonoMod;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Mono.Cecil;
+using MonoMod.Cil;
+
+namespace Monocle {
+    class patch_ParticleType : ParticleType
+    {
+        [Obsolete("Unused. ParticleType instances are not added automatically.")]
+        private static List<ParticleType> AllTypes;
+
+        [MonoModIgnore]
+        [MonoModConstructor]
+        [PatchParticleTypeCtor]
+        public extern void ctor();
+
+        [MonoModIgnore]
+        [MonoModConstructor]
+        [PatchParticleTypeCtor]
+        public extern void ctor(ParticleType copyFrom);
+    }
+}
+
+namespace MonoMod {
+    /// <summary>
+    ///   Patches the <see cref="Monocle.ParticleType"/> constructor to prevent it from adding all instances to an unused static list, which would keep them all alive forever.
+    /// </summary>
+    [MonoModCustomMethodAttribute(nameof(MonoModRules.PatchParticleTypeCtor))]
+    class PatchParticleTypeCtorAttribute : Attribute { }
+
+    static partial class MonoModRules {
+        public static void PatchParticleTypeCtor(ILContext context, CustomAttribute attrib) {
+            ILCursor cursor = new(context);
+
+            // remove the `AllTypes.Add(this);` call
+            cursor.GotoNext(MoveType.Before, instr => instr.MatchLdsfld("Monocle.ParticleType", "AllTypes"));
+            cursor.RemoveRange(3);
+        }
+    }
+}