diff --git a/files/helpers/const.py b/files/helpers/const.py
index 266852089..db1bae0e0 100644
--- a/files/helpers/const.py
+++ b/files/helpers/const.py
@@ -731,8 +731,6 @@ snappy_url_regex = re.compile('<a href=\"(https?:\/\/[a-z]{1,20}\.[\w:~,()\-.#&\
 
 email_regex = re.compile('([A-Za-z0-9]+[.-_])*[A-Za-z0-9]+@[A-Za-z0-9-]+(\.[A-Z|a-z]{2,100})+', flags=re.A)
 
-reddit_post_regex = re.compile('https:\/\/old\.reddit\.com\/r\/\w{1,30}\/comments\/([a-z0-9]+)(\/\w{0,100})?', flags=re.A)
-
 utm_regex = re.compile('utm_[a-z]+=[a-z0-9_]+&', flags=re.A)
 utm_regex2 = re.compile('[?&]utm_[a-z]+=[a-z0-9_]+', flags=re.A)
 
diff --git a/files/routes/posts.py b/files/routes/posts.py
index 82ca9d5f6..918fec765 100644
--- a/files/routes/posts.py
+++ b/files/routes/posts.py
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ def edit_post(pid, v):
 
 		p.body = body
 
-		if len(body_html) > 40000: return {"error":"Submission body too long!"}, 400
+		if len(body_html) > 40000: return {"error":"Submission body_html too long! (max 40k characters)"}, 400
 
 		p.body_html = body_html
 
@@ -844,9 +844,6 @@ def api_is_repost():
 	url = urlunparse(new_url)
 
 	if url.endswith('/'): url = url[:-1]
-	if reddit_post_regex.fullmatch(url):
-		url = reddit_post_regex.sub(r'https://old.reddit.com/\1', url)
-
 
 	search_url = url.replace('%', '').replace('\\', '').replace('_', '\_').strip()
 	repost = g.db.query(Submission).filter(
@@ -947,9 +944,6 @@ def submit_post(v, sub=None):
 		url = urlunparse(new_url)
 
 		if url.endswith('/'): url = url[:-1]
-		if reddit_post_regex.fullmatch(url):
-			url = reddit_post_regex.sub(r'https://old.reddit.com/\1', url)
-
 
 		search_url = url.replace('%', '').replace('\\', '').replace('_', '\_').strip()
 		repost = g.db.query(Submission).filter(
@@ -1105,7 +1099,7 @@ def submit_post(v, sub=None):
 	if v.marseyawarded and marseyaward_body_regex.search(body_html):
 		return {"error":"You can only type marseys!"}, 403
 
-	if len(body_html) > 40000: return error("Submission body too long!")
+	if len(body_html) > 40000: return error("Submission body_html too long! (max 40k characters)")
 
 	bans = filter_comment_html(body_html)
 	if bans: