diff --git a/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/FileItem.php b/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/FileItem.php
index 7373c43..0845813 100644
--- a/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/FileItem.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/FileItem.php
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public function fieldSettingsForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
       '#type' => 'textfield',
       '#title' => t('Maximum upload size'),
       '#default_value' => $settings['max_filesize'],
-      '#description' => t('Enter a value like "512" (bytes), "80 KB" (kilobytes) or "50 MB" (megabytes) in order to restrict the allowed file size. If left empty the file sizes will be limited only by PHP\'s maximum post and file upload sizes (current limit <strong>%limit</strong>).', ['%limit' => format_size(file_upload_max_size())]),
+      '#description' => t('Enter a value like "512" (bytes), "80 KB" (kilobytes) or "50 MB" (megabytes) in order to restrict the allowed file size. If left empty the file sizes could be limited only by PHP\'s maximum post and file upload sizes (current limit <strong>%limit</strong>).', ['%limit' => format_size(file_upload_max_size())]),
       '#size' => 10,
       '#element_validate' => [[get_class($this), 'validateMaxFilesize']],
       '#weight' => 5,
@@ -302,12 +302,9 @@ public function getUploadValidators() {
     // Cap the upload size according to the PHP limit.
     $max_filesize = Bytes::toInt(file_upload_max_size());
     if (!empty($settings['max_filesize'])) {
-      $max_filesize = min($max_filesize, Bytes::toInt($settings['max_filesize']));
+      $validators['file_validate_size'] = min($max_filesize, Bytes::toInt($settings['max_filesize']));
     }
 
-    // There is always a file size limit due to the PHP server limit.
-    $validators['file_validate_size'] = [$max_filesize];
-
     // Add the extension check if necessary.
     if (!empty($settings['file_extensions'])) {
       $validators['file_validate_extensions'] = [$settings['file_extensions']];