diff --git a/deob/src/main/java/dev/openrs2/deob/transform/DummyLocalTransformer.java b/deob/src/main/java/dev/openrs2/deob/transform/DummyLocalTransformer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index dcc3b8d3a3..0000000000
--- a/deob/src/main/java/dev/openrs2/deob/transform/DummyLocalTransformer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-package dev.openrs2.deob.transform;
-
-import dev.openrs2.asm.InsnListUtilsKt;
-import dev.openrs2.asm.classpath.ClassPath;
-import dev.openrs2.asm.classpath.Library;
-import dev.openrs2.asm.transform.Transformer;
-import org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes;
-import org.objectweb.asm.tree.ClassNode;
-import org.objectweb.asm.tree.MethodNode;
-import org.objectweb.asm.tree.VarInsnNode;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-public final class DummyLocalTransformer extends Transformer {
-	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DummyLocalTransformer.class);
-
-	private int localsRemoved;
-
-	@Override
-	protected void preTransform(ClassPath classPath) {
-		localsRemoved = 0;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	protected boolean transformCode(ClassPath classPath, Library library, ClassNode clazz, MethodNode method) {
-		/*
-		 * XXX(gpe): this is primitive (ideally we'd do a proper data flow
-		 * analysis, but we'd need to do it in reverse and ASM only supports
-		 * forward data flow), however, it seems to be good enough to catch
-		 * most dummy locals.
-		 */
-		var loads = new boolean[method.maxLocals];
-
-		for (var it = method.instructions.iterator(); it.hasNext(); ) {
-			var insn = it.next();
-
-			var opcode = insn.getOpcode();
-			if (opcode != Opcodes.ILOAD) {
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			var load = (VarInsnNode) insn;
-			loads[load.var] = true;
-		}
-
-		for (var it = method.instructions.iterator(); it.hasNext(); ) {
-			var insn = it.next();
-
-			var opcode = insn.getOpcode();
-			if (opcode != Opcodes.ISTORE) {
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			var store = (VarInsnNode) insn;
-			if (loads[store.var]) {
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			if (InsnListUtilsKt.deleteSimpleExpression(method.instructions, insn)) {
-				localsRemoved++;
-			}
-		}
-
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	protected void postTransform(ClassPath classPath) {
-		logger.info("Removed {} dummy local variables", localsRemoved);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/deob/src/main/java/dev/openrs2/deob/transform/DummyLocalTransformer.kt b/deob/src/main/java/dev/openrs2/deob/transform/DummyLocalTransformer.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cdd14db9b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deob/src/main/java/dev/openrs2/deob/transform/DummyLocalTransformer.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package dev.openrs2.deob.transform
+
+import com.github.michaelbull.logging.InlineLogger
+import dev.openrs2.asm.classpath.ClassPath
+import dev.openrs2.asm.classpath.Library
+import dev.openrs2.asm.deleteSimpleExpression
+import dev.openrs2.asm.transform.Transformer
+import org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes
+import org.objectweb.asm.tree.ClassNode
+import org.objectweb.asm.tree.MethodNode
+import org.objectweb.asm.tree.VarInsnNode
+
+class DummyLocalTransformer : Transformer() {
+    private var localsRemoved = 0
+
+    override fun preTransform(classPath: ClassPath) {
+        localsRemoved = 0
+    }
+
+    override fun transformCode(classPath: ClassPath, library: Library, clazz: ClassNode, method: MethodNode): Boolean {
+        /*
+         * XXX(gpe): this is primitive (ideally we'd do a proper data flow
+         * analysis, but we'd need to do it in reverse and ASM only supports
+         * forward data flow), however, it seems to be good enough to catch
+         * most dummy locals.
+         */
+        val loads = BooleanArray(method.maxLocals)
+
+        for (insn in method.instructions) {
+            if (insn is VarInsnNode && insn.opcode == Opcodes.ILOAD) {
+                loads[insn.`var`] = true
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (insn in method.instructions) {
+            if (insn !is VarInsnNode || insn.opcode != Opcodes.ISTORE) {
+                continue
+            }
+
+            if (loads[insn.`var`]) {
+                continue
+            }
+
+            if (method.instructions.deleteSimpleExpression(insn)) {
+                localsRemoved++
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false
+    }
+
+    override fun postTransform(classPath: ClassPath) {
+        logger.info { "Removed $localsRemoved dummy local variables" }
+    }
+
+    companion object {
+        private val logger = InlineLogger()
+    }
+}