diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
index 6ce39f5328..fd055406ae 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 		static void LogicTick()
 		{
-			delayedActions.PerformActions(RunTime);
+			PerformDelayedActions();
 
 			if (OrderManager.Connection.ConnectionState != lastConnectionState)
 			{
@@ -639,6 +639,11 @@ namespace OpenRA
 				InnerLogicTick(worldRenderer.World.OrderManager);
 		}
 
+		public static void PerformDelayedActions()
+		{
+			delayedActions.PerformActions(RunTime);
+		}
+
 		public static void TakeScreenshot()
 		{
 			takeScreenshot = true;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs
index 6a89c91fe3..97b67902d6 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Server/Server.cs
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 
 					delayedActions.PerformActions(0);
 
+					// PERF: Dedicated servers need to drain the action queue to remove references blocking the GC from cleaning up disposed objects.
+					if (dedicated)
+						Game.PerformDelayedActions();
+
 					foreach (var t in serverTraits.WithInterface<ITick>())
 						t.Tick(this);
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Server/Program.cs b/OpenRA.Server/Program.cs
index 64f0d69ffe..052765ec81 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Server/Program.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Server/Program.cs
@@ -56,17 +56,17 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 
 			var mods = new InstalledMods(modSearchPaths, explicitModPaths);
 
-			// HACK: The engine code *still* assumes that Game.ModData is set
-			var modData = Game.ModData = new ModData(mods[modID], mods);
-			modData.MapCache.LoadMaps();
-
-			settings.Map = modData.MapCache.ChooseInitialMap(settings.Map, new MersenneTwister());
-
 			Console.WriteLine("[{0}] Starting dedicated server for mod: {1}", DateTime.Now.ToString(settings.TimestampFormat), modID);
 			while (true)
 			{
-				var server = new Server(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, settings.ListenPort), settings, modData, true);
+				// HACK: The engine code *still* assumes that Game.ModData is set
+				var modData = Game.ModData = new ModData(mods[modID], mods);
+				modData.MapCache.LoadMaps();
 
+				settings.Map = modData.MapCache.ChooseInitialMap(settings.Map, new MersenneTwister());
+
+				var server = new Server(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, settings.ListenPort), settings, modData, true);
+				GC.Collect();
 				while (true)
 				{
 					Thread.Sleep(1000);
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 					}
 				}
 
+				modData.Dispose();
 				Console.WriteLine("[{0}] Starting a new server instance...", DateTime.Now.ToString(settings.TimestampFormat));
 			}
 		}