diff --git a/Harmony/Public/Attributes.cs b/Harmony/Public/Attributes.cs
index ac37b59d..7fe50292 100644
--- a/Harmony/Public/Attributes.cs
+++ b/Harmony/Public/Attributes.cs
@@ -778,30 +778,17 @@ public HarmonyArgument(int index, string name)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/// <summary> Flags used for optionally patching members that might not exist.</summary>
-	///
-	[Flags]
-	public enum OptionalFlags
-	{
-		/// <summary>Default behavior (throw and abort patching if there are no matches).</summary>
-		/// 
-		None = 0,
-
-		/// <summary> Do not throw an exception and abort the patching process if no matches are found (a warning is logged instead).</summary>
-		/// 
-		AllowNoMatches = 1 << 1,
-	}
-
-	/// <summary>Attribute used for optionally patching members that might not exist.</summary>
+	/// <summary>Attribute used for optionally patching members that might not exist.
+	/// Harmony patches with this attribute will not throw an exception and abort the patching process if the target member is not found (a warning is logged instead).</summary>
 	///
 	[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method)]
 	public class HarmonyOptional : HarmonyAttribute
 	{
 		/// <summary>Default constructor</summary>
 		///
-		public HarmonyOptional(OptionalFlags flags = OptionalFlags.AllowNoMatches)
+		public HarmonyOptional()
 		{
-			info.optionalFlags = flags;
+			info.optional = true;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Harmony/Public/HarmonyMethod.cs b/Harmony/Public/HarmonyMethod.cs
index c72c9a55..28f8c4b2 100644
--- a/Harmony/Public/HarmonyMethod.cs
+++ b/Harmony/Public/HarmonyMethod.cs
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ public class HarmonyMethod
 		///
 		public bool? wrapTryCatch;
 		
-		/// <summary>Flags used for optionally patching members that might not exist.</summary>
+		/// <summary>Whether to not throw/abort when trying to patch members that do not exist (skip instead).</summary>
 		///
-		public OptionalFlags? optionalFlags;
+		public bool? optional;
 
 		/// <summary>Default constructor</summary>
 		///
diff --git a/Harmony/Public/PatchClassProcessor.cs b/Harmony/Public/PatchClassProcessor.cs
index 5460b67a..48d5f4d3 100644
--- a/Harmony/Public/PatchClassProcessor.cs
+++ b/Harmony/Public/PatchClassProcessor.cs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void ReversePatch(ref MethodBase lastOriginal)
 
 					if (lastOriginal is null)
 					{
-						if (IsPatchOptional(patchMethod))
+						if (patchMethod.info.optional == true)
 						{
 							Logger.Log(Logger.LogChannel.Warn, () => $"Skipping optional reverse patch {patchMethod.info.method.FullDescription()} - target method not found");
 							continue;
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ List<MethodInfo> PatchWithAttributes(ref MethodBase lastOriginal)
 				lastOriginal = patchMethod.info.GetOriginalMethod();
 				if (lastOriginal is null)
 				{
-					if (IsPatchOptional(patchMethod))
+					if (patchMethod.info.optional == true)
 					{
 						Logger.Log(Logger.LogChannel.Warn, () => $"Skipping optional patch {patchMethod.info.method.FullDescription()} - target method not found");
 						continue;
@@ -205,13 +205,6 @@ List<MethodInfo> PatchWithAttributes(ref MethodBase lastOriginal)
 			return jobs.GetReplacements();
 		}
 
-		static bool IsPatchOptional(AttributePatch patchMethod)
-		{
-			var optionalFlags = patchMethod.info.optionalFlags;
-			var isOptional = optionalFlags != null && optionalFlags.Value.Has(OptionalFlags.AllowNoMatches);
-			return isOptional;
-		}
-
 		void ProcessPatchJob(PatchJobs<MethodInfo>.Job job)
 		{
 			MethodInfo replacement = default;
diff --git a/HarmonyTests/Patching/Assets/Specials.cs b/HarmonyTests/Patching/Assets/Specials.cs
index 4eb1a0a6..68d786f1 100644
--- a/HarmonyTests/Patching/Assets/Specials.cs
+++ b/HarmonyTests/Patching/Assets/Specials.cs
@@ -147,18 +147,20 @@ public class OptionalPatch
 		[HarmonyPostfix, HarmonyOptional, HarmonyPatch(typeof(OptionalPatch), nameof(NotEnumerator), MethodType.Async)]
 		public static void Test5() => throw new InvalidOperationException();
 
+		[HarmonyPostfix]
+		[HarmonyOptional]
+		[HarmonyPatch(typeof(OptionalPatch), "missing_method1")]
+		[HarmonyPatch(typeof(OptionalPatch), nameof(NotEnumerator), MethodType.Normal)]
+		[HarmonyPatch(typeof(OptionalPatch), "missing_method2")]
+		public static void Test6() => throw new InvalidOperationException();
+
 		private void NotEnumerator() => throw new InvalidOperationException();
 	}
 
 	public static class OptionalPatchNone
 	{
-		[HarmonyPrefix]
-		[HarmonyOptional(OptionalFlags.None)]
-		[HarmonyPatch(typeof(OptionalPatch), "missing_method")]
-		public static void Prefix()
-		{
-			throw new InvalidOperationException();
-		}
+		[HarmonyPrefix, HarmonyPatch(typeof(OptionalPatch), "missing_method")]
+		public static void Prefix() => throw new InvalidOperationException();
 	}
 
 	public static class SafeWrapPatch