diff --git a/src/main/java/org/saturnclient/impl/cosmetics/utils/ShaderUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/saturnclient/impl/cosmetics/utils/ShaderUtils.java
index e6e737c..40bab50 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/saturnclient/impl/cosmetics/utils/ShaderUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/saturnclient/impl/cosmetics/utils/ShaderUtils.java
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ import net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.AbstractEndPortalRenderer;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.blockentity.TheEndPortalRenderer;
 *///?}
 import net.minecraft.resources.Identifier;
+//? if >=26.1 {
+/*import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+*///?}
 
 public class ShaderUtils {
     // Render pipelines exist from 1.21.5; before that the layer names a shader program directly.
@@ -87,10 +91,26 @@ public class ShaderUtils {
         }
     }
 
+    // Cosmetics are drawn unlit, without the lightmap or the directional shading, as the dragon's
+    // alpha pipeline drew them before 26.1. 26.1 dropped that pipeline, so this is the entity shader
+    // with its lighting and overlay turned off.
+    //? if >=26.1 {
+    /*public static final RenderPipeline UNLIT_CUTOUT_PIPELINE = RenderPipelines.register(
+            RenderPipeline.builder(new RenderPipeline.Snippet[] {
+                    RenderPipelines.ENTITY_EMISSIVE_SNIPPET })
+                    .withLocation(Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("saturnclient", "pipeline/unlit_cutout"))
+                    .withShaderDefine("ALPHA_CUTOUT", 0.1f)
+                    .withShaderDefine("NO_CARDINAL_LIGHTING")
+                    .withShaderDefine("NO_OVERLAY")
+                    .withCull(false)
+                    .build());
+    private static final Map<Identifier, RenderType> UNLIT_CUTOUT = new HashMap<>();
+    *///?}
+
     private static RenderType entityAlpha(Identifier texture) {
-        // 26.1 dropped the dragon's alpha pipeline; with opaque vertices it's an alpha cutout.
         //? if >=26.1 {
-        /*return RenderTypes.entityCutout(texture);
+        /*return UNLIT_CUTOUT.computeIfAbsent(texture, id -> RenderType.create("saturn_unlit_cutout",
+                RenderSetup.builder(UNLIT_CUTOUT_PIPELINE).withTexture("Sampler0", id).createRenderSetup()));
         *///?} else if >=1.21.11 {
         return RenderTypes.dragonExplosionAlpha(texture);
         //?} else