diff --git a/server/controllers/AuthorController.js b/server/controllers/AuthorController.js
index 80471ec47..82ed3e50a 100644
--- a/server/controllers/AuthorController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/AuthorController.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const CacheManager = require('../managers/CacheManager')
 const CoverManager = require('../managers/CoverManager')
 const AuthorFinder = require('../finders/AuthorFinder')
 
-const { reqSupportsWebp, isValidASIN, clampPositiveInt } = require('../utils/index')
+const { reqSupportsWebp, isValidASIN } = require('../utils/index')
 
 const naturalSort = createNewSortInstance({
   comparer: new Intl.Collator(undefined, { numeric: true, sensitivity: 'base' }).compare
@@ -412,8 +412,8 @@ class AuthorController {
 
     const options = {
       format: format || (reqSupportsWebp(req) ? 'webp' : 'jpeg'),
-      height: clampPositiveInt(height ? parseInt(height) : null, 4096),
-      width: clampPositiveInt(width ? parseInt(width) : null, 4096)
+      height: height ? parseInt(height) : null,
+      width: width ? parseInt(width) : null
     }
     return CacheManager.handleAuthorCache(res, authorId, options)
   }
diff --git a/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js b/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
index 1a6b8ac11..5f7bd9736 100644
--- a/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/LibraryItemController.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const SocketAuthority = require('../SocketAuthority')
 const Database = require('../Database')
 
 const zipHelpers = require('../utils/zipHelpers')
-const { reqSupportsWebp, clampPositiveInt } = require('../utils/index')
+const { reqSupportsWebp } = require('../utils/index')
 const { ScanResult, AudioMimeType } = require('../utils/constants')
 const { getAudioMimeTypeFromExtname, encodeUriPath } = require('../utils/fileUtils')
 const LibraryItemScanner = require('../scanner/LibraryItemScanner')
@@ -398,8 +398,8 @@ class LibraryItemController {
 
     const options = {
       format: format || (reqSupportsWebp(req) ? 'webp' : 'jpeg'),
-      height: clampPositiveInt(height ? parseInt(height) : null, 4096),
-      width: clampPositiveInt(width ? parseInt(width) : null, 4096)
+      height: height ? parseInt(height) : null,
+      width: width ? parseInt(width) : null
     }
     return CacheManager.handleCoverCache(res, libraryItemId, options)
   }
diff --git a/server/controllers/PodcastController.js b/server/controllers/PodcastController.js
index f099d05ed..c70287600 100644
--- a/server/controllers/PodcastController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/PodcastController.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const Database = require('../Database')
 const fs = require('../libs/fsExtra')
 
 const { getPodcastFeed, findMatchingEpisodes } = require('../utils/podcastUtils')
-const { getFileTimestampsWithIno, filePathToPOSIX, isSameOrSubPath } = require('../utils/fileUtils')
+const { getFileTimestampsWithIno, filePathToPOSIX } = require('../utils/fileUtils')
 const { validateUrl } = require('../utils/index')
 const htmlSanitizer = require('../utils/htmlSanitizer')
 
@@ -58,18 +58,8 @@ class PodcastController {
       return res.status(404).send('Folder not found')
     }
 
-    if (typeof payload.path !== 'string' || !payload.path.trim()) {
-      return res.status(400).send('Invalid request body. "path" must be a non-empty string')
-    }
-
-    const libraryFolderPath = filePathToPOSIX(folder.path)
     const podcastPath = filePathToPOSIX(payload.path)
 
-    if (!isSameOrSubPath(libraryFolderPath, podcastPath)) {
-      Logger.error(`[PodcastController] Create: Podcast path is outside library folder "${libraryFolderPath}": "${podcastPath}"`)
-      return res.status(400).send('Podcast path must be inside the selected library folder')
-    }
-
     // Check if a library item with this podcast folder exists already
     const existingLibraryItem =
       (await Database.libraryItemModel.count({
@@ -93,7 +83,7 @@ class PodcastController {
 
     const libraryItemFolderStats = await getFileTimestampsWithIno(podcastPath)
 
-    let relPath = podcastPath.replace(libraryFolderPath, '')
+    let relPath = payload.path.replace(folder.fullPath, '')
     if (relPath.startsWith('/')) relPath = relPath.slice(1)
 
     let newLibraryItem = null
diff --git a/server/utils/index.js b/server/utils/index.js
index 49a7c8e67..c7700a783 100644
--- a/server/utils/index.js
+++ b/server/utils/index.js
@@ -54,16 +54,6 @@ module.exports.isNullOrNaN = (num) => {
   return num === null || isNaN(num)
 }
 
-/**
- * @param {number|null|undefined} value
- * @param {number} max
- * @returns {number|null}
- */
-module.exports.clampPositiveInt = (value, max) => {
-  if (value == null || !Number.isFinite(value) || value <= 0) return null
-  return Math.min(Math.floor(value), max)
-}
-
 const xmlToJSON = (xml) => {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     parseString(xml, (err, results) => {
diff --git a/server/utils/podcastUtils.js b/server/utils/podcastUtils.js
index 1cb0c4cb4..2042a8e39 100644
--- a/server/utils/podcastUtils.js
+++ b/server/utils/podcastUtils.js
@@ -217,10 +217,6 @@ function extractEpisodeData(item) {
     episode[cleanKey] = extractFirstArrayItemString(item, key)
   })
 
-  if (episode.subtitle) {
-    episode.subtitle = htmlSanitizer.sanitize(episode.subtitle.trim())
-  }
-
   // Extract psc:chapters if duration is set
   episode.durationSeconds = episode.duration ? timestampToSeconds(episode.duration) : null