diff --git a/client/pages/share/_slug.vue b/client/pages/share/_slug.vue
index fdcbbe500..64c099632 100644
--- a/client/pages/share/_slug.vue
+++ b/client/pages/share/_slug.vue
@@ -364,7 +364,6 @@ export default {
     }
 
     const startTime = this.playbackSession.currentTime || 0
-
     this.localAudioPlayer.set(null, this.audioTracks, false, startTime, false)
     this.localAudioPlayer.on('stateChange', this.playerStateChange.bind(this))
     this.localAudioPlayer.on('timeupdate', this.playerTimeUpdate.bind(this))
diff --git a/server/controllers/ShareController.js b/server/controllers/ShareController.js
index 73da84a8a..3e7ea1deb 100644
--- a/server/controllers/ShareController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/ShareController.js
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ class ShareController {
       if (playbackSession) {
         if (mediaItemShare.id === playbackSession.mediaItemShareId) {
           Logger.debug(`[ShareController] Found share playback session ${req.cookies.share_session_id}`)
-          // If ?t was provided, override the cached currentTime
-          if (startTime > 0 && startTime < playbackSession.duration) {
-            playbackSession.currentTime = startTime
-          }
           mediaItemShare.playbackSession = playbackSession.toJSONForClient()
           return res.json(mediaItemShare)
         } else {
diff --git a/server/utils/ffmpegHelpers.js b/server/utils/ffmpegHelpers.js
index 7ad2a3aee..80832cc77 100644
--- a/server/utils/ffmpegHelpers.js
+++ b/server/utils/ffmpegHelpers.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const axios = require('axios')
-const ssrfFilter = require('ssrf-req-filter')
 const Ffmpeg = require('../libs/fluentFfmpeg')
 const ffmpgegUtils = require('../libs/fluentFfmpeg/utils')
 const fs = require('../libs/fsExtra')
@@ -98,8 +97,6 @@ async function resizeImage(filePath, outputPath, width, height) {
 module.exports.resizeImage = resizeImage
 
 /**
- * Download podcast episode
- * Uses SSRF filter to prevent internal URLs
  *
  * @param {import('../objects/PodcastEpisodeDownload')} podcastEpisodeDownload
  * @returns {Promise<{success: boolean, isRequestError?: boolean}>}
@@ -124,9 +121,7 @@ module.exports.downloadPodcastEpisode = (podcastEpisodeDownload) => {
             Accept: '*/*',
             'User-Agent': userAgent
           },
-          timeout: global.PodcastDownloadTimeout,
-          httpAgent: global.DisableSsrfRequestFilter?.(podcastEpisodeDownload.url) ? null : ssrfFilter(podcastEpisodeDownload.url),
-          httpsAgent: global.DisableSsrfRequestFilter?.(podcastEpisodeDownload.url) ? null : ssrfFilter(podcastEpisodeDownload.url)
+          timeout: global.PodcastDownloadTimeout
         })
 
         Logger.debug(`[ffmpegHelpers] Successfully connected with User-Agent: ${userAgent}`)