diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/AEBaseGui.java b/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/AEBaseGui.java
index da8fc0713f4..d9a5d91ef5b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/AEBaseGui.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/AEBaseGui.java
@@ -35,11 +35,7 @@
 import com.google.common.base.Stopwatch;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 
-import mezz.jei.api.IRecipesGui;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.BufferBuilder;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.vertex.VertexBuffer;
-import net.minecraftforge.client.event.GuiOpenEvent;
-import net.minecraftforge.common.MinecraftForge;
 import org.lwjgl.input.Keyboard;
 import org.lwjgl.input.Mouse;
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11;
@@ -105,8 +101,6 @@ public AEBaseGui( final Container container )
 		super( container );
 		this.subGui = switchingGuis;
 		switchingGuis = false;
-		// TODO : Remove when mezz removes displayGuiScreenWithoutClose() in 1.12.
-		MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.register( this );
 	}
 
 	protected static String join( final Collection<String> toolTip, final String delimiter )
@@ -164,6 +158,7 @@ private List<Slot> getInventorySlots()
 	@Override
 	public void drawScreen( final int mouseX, final int mouseY, final float btn )
 	{
+		super.drawDefaultBackground();
 		super.drawScreen( mouseX, mouseY, btn );
 
 		for( final Object c : this.buttonList )
@@ -587,21 +582,11 @@ protected boolean checkHotbarKeys( final int keyCode )
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	// TODO : Remove when mezz removes displayGuiScreenWithoutClose() in 1.12.
-	public void onGuiOpenEvent(GuiOpenEvent event) { // Why oh why mezz? (RecipesGui.java, displayGuiScreenWithoutClose()
-		if(event.getGui() instanceof IRecipesGui)
-		{
-			subGui = true;
-		}
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public void onGuiClosed()
 	{
 		super.onGuiClosed();
 		this.subGui = true; // in case the gui is reopened later ( i'm looking at you NEI )
-		// TODO : Remove when mezz removes displayGuiScreenWithoutClose() in 1.12.
-		MinecraftForge.EVENT_BUS.unregister( this );
 	}
 
 	protected Slot getSlot( final int mouseX, final int mouseY )
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiMEMonitorable.java b/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiMEMonitorable.java
index b1200da2168..17fa1cfa5c5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiMEMonitorable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiMEMonitorable.java
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import mezz.jei.api.IRecipesGui;
-import net.minecraftforge.client.event.GuiOpenEvent;
-import net.minecraftforge.fml.common.eventhandler.SubscribeEvent;
 import org.lwjgl.input.Keyboard;
 import org.lwjgl.input.Mouse;
 
@@ -383,17 +380,6 @@ public void onGuiClosed()
 		memoryText = this.searchField.getText();
 	}
 
-	// TODO : Remove when mezz removes displayGuiScreenWithoutClose() in 1.12.
-	@Override
-	@SubscribeEvent
-	public void onGuiOpenEvent(GuiOpenEvent event) {
-		super.onGuiOpenEvent(event);
-		if(event.getGui() instanceof IRecipesGui)
-		{
-			memoryText = this.searchField.getText();
-		}
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public void drawBG( final int offsetX, final int offsetY, final int mouseX, final int mouseY )
 	{