diff --git a/Dalamud/Game/Network/GameNetwork.cs b/Dalamud/Game/Network/GameNetwork.cs
index 5c21add0f..be464ef34 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Game/Network/GameNetwork.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Game/Network/GameNetwork.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace Dalamud.Game.Network;
 /// This class handles interacting with game network events.
 /// </summary>
 [ServiceManager.EarlyLoadedService]
-internal sealed unsafe class GameNetwork : IInternalDisposableService, IGameNetwork
+internal sealed unsafe class GameNetwork : IInternalDisposableService
 {
     private readonly GameNetworkAddressResolver address;
     private readonly Hook<PacketDispatcher.Delegates.OnReceivePacket> processZonePacketDownHook;
@@ -51,11 +51,23 @@ internal sealed unsafe class GameNetwork : IInternalDisposableService, IGameNetw
         this.processZonePacketUpHook.Enable();
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The delegate type of a network message event.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="dataPtr">The pointer to the raw data.</param>
+    /// <param name="opCode">The operation ID code.</param>
+    /// <param name="sourceActorId">The source actor ID.</param>
+    /// <param name="targetActorId">The taret actor ID.</param>
+    /// <param name="direction">The direction of the packed.</param>
+    public delegate void OnNetworkMessageDelegate(nint dataPtr, ushort opCode, uint sourceActorId, uint targetActorId, NetworkMessageDirection direction);
+
     [UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.ThisCall)]
     private delegate byte ProcessZonePacketUpDelegate(IntPtr a1, IntPtr dataPtr, IntPtr a3, byte a4);
 
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public event IGameNetwork.OnNetworkMessageDelegate? NetworkMessage;
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Event that is called when a network message is sent/received.
+    /// </summary>
+    public event OnNetworkMessageDelegate? NetworkMessage;
 
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     void IInternalDisposableService.DisposeService()
@@ -136,39 +148,3 @@ internal sealed unsafe class GameNetwork : IInternalDisposableService, IGameNetw
         return this.processZonePacketUpHook.Original(a1, dataPtr, a3, a4);
     }
 }
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Plugin-scoped version of a AddonLifecycle service.
-/// </summary>
-[PluginInterface]
-[ServiceManager.ScopedService]
-#pragma warning disable SA1015
-[ResolveVia<IGameNetwork>]
-#pragma warning restore SA1015
-internal class GameNetworkPluginScoped : IInternalDisposableService, IGameNetwork
-{
-    [ServiceManager.ServiceDependency]
-    private readonly GameNetwork gameNetworkService = Service<GameNetwork>.Get();
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GameNetworkPluginScoped"/> class.
-    /// </summary>
-    internal GameNetworkPluginScoped()
-    {
-        this.gameNetworkService.NetworkMessage += this.NetworkMessageForward;
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public event IGameNetwork.OnNetworkMessageDelegate? NetworkMessage;
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    void IInternalDisposableService.DisposeService()
-    {
-        this.gameNetworkService.NetworkMessage -= this.NetworkMessageForward;
-
-        this.NetworkMessage = null;
-    }
-
-    private void NetworkMessageForward(nint dataPtr, ushort opCode, uint sourceActorId, uint targetActorId, NetworkMessageDirection direction)
-        => this.NetworkMessage?.Invoke(dataPtr, opCode, sourceActorId, targetActorId, direction);
-}
diff --git a/Dalamud/Plugin/Services/IGameNetwork.cs b/Dalamud/Plugin/Services/IGameNetwork.cs
index eed79b4af..969176da7 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Plugin/Services/IGameNetwork.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Plugin/Services/IGameNetwork.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace Dalamud.Plugin.Services;
 /// <summary>
 /// This class handles interacting with game network events.
 /// </summary>
+[Obsolete("Will be removed in a future release. Use packet handler hooks instead.", true)]
 public interface IGameNetwork
 {
     // TODO(v9): we shouldn't be passing pointers to the actual data here