diff --git a/app/Util/Site/Config.php b/app/Util/Site/Config.php
index b1fb65035..e735da3f4 100644
--- a/app/Util/Site/Config.php
+++ b/app/Util/Site/Config.php
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ class Config
                 'uploader' => [
                     'max_photo_size' => (int) config_cache('pixelfed.max_photo_size'),
                     'max_caption_length' => (int) config_cache('pixelfed.max_caption_length'),
-                    'max_altext_length' => (int) config_cache('pixelfed.max_altext_length', 150),
+                    'max_altext_length' => (int) config_cache('pixelfed.max_altext_length'),
                     'album_limit' => (int) config_cache('pixelfed.max_album_length'),
                     'image_quality' => (int) config_cache('pixelfed.image_quality'),
 
-                    'max_collection_length' => (int) config_cache('pixelfed.max_collection_length', 18),
+                    'max_collection_length' => (int) config_cache('pixelfed.max_collection_length'),
 
                     'optimize_image' => (bool) config_cache('pixelfed.optimize_image'),
                     'optimize_video' => (bool) config_cache('pixelfed.optimize_video'),