diff --git a/src/main/java/grondag/canvas/mixin/MixinModelBlockRenderer.java b/src/main/java/grondag/canvas/mixin/MixinModelBlockRenderer.java
index c00164baa..111d10b7b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/grondag/canvas/mixin/MixinModelBlockRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/grondag/canvas/mixin/MixinModelBlockRenderer.java
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 package grondag.canvas.mixin;
 
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
-import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Overwrite;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
+import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
 
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack;
 import com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.VertexConsumer;
@@ -35,17 +37,13 @@
 
 import grondag.canvas.apiimpl.rendercontext.CanvasBlockRenderContext;
 
-// WIP: change this an inject with cancel so that mods that hook in here don't break directly - esp C&B
 // WIP: move hooks upstream so that multi-consumer is available in more cases
 @Mixin(ModelBlockRenderer.class)
 public abstract class MixinModelBlockRenderer {
-	/**
-	 * @author grondag
-	 * @reason performance; less bad than inject and cancel at head
-	 */
-	@Overwrite
-	public void tesselateBlock(BlockAndTintGetter blockView, BakedModel model, BlockState state, BlockPos pos, PoseStack poseStack, VertexConsumer buffer, boolean checkSides, RandomSource randomSource, long seed, int overlay) {
+	@Inject(at = @At("HEAD"), method = "tesselateBlock", cancellable = true)
+	public void beforeTesselateBlock(BlockAndTintGetter blockView, BakedModel model, BlockState state, BlockPos pos, PoseStack poseStack, VertexConsumer buffer, boolean checkSides, RandomSource randomSource, long seed, int overlay, CallbackInfo ci) {
 		// PERF: try to avoid threadlocal lookup here
 		CanvasBlockRenderContext.get().render((ModelBlockRenderer) (Object) this, blockView, model, state, pos, poseStack, buffer, checkSides, seed, overlay);
+		ci.cancel();
 	}
 }