diff --git a/patches/server/0004-Paper-config-files.patch b/patches/server/0004-Paper-config-files.patch
index 7f446dfd5..ba46f83f9 100644
--- a/patches/server/0004-Paper-config-files.patch
+++ b/patches/server/0004-Paper-config-files.patch
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..13d7d1c24ec9192d0163f6eedeac8fca
 +}
 diff --git a/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java
 new file mode 100644
-index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5a808a09291da691cbee75a55f6aa1b70ac9f018
+index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3e7086d31b2f101b2d6e982f3935922886cadc77
 --- /dev/null
 +++ b/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/GlobalConfiguration.java
 @@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5a808a09291da691cbee75a55f6aa1b7
 +        public Map<Class<? extends Packet<?>>, PacketLimit> overrides = Map.of(ServerboundPlaceRecipePacket.class, new PacketLimit(4.0, 5.0, PacketLimit.ViolateAction.DROP));
 +
 +        @ConfigSerializable
-+        public record PacketLimit(@Constraint(Constraints.Positive.class) @Required double interval, @Constraint(Constraints.Positive.class) @Required double maxPacketRate, ViolateAction action) {
++        public record PacketLimit(@Required double interval, @Required double maxPacketRate, ViolateAction action) {
 +            public PacketLimit(final double interval, final double maxPacketRate, final @Nullable ViolateAction action) {
 +                this.interval = interval;
 +                this.maxPacketRate = maxPacketRate;
@@ -1308,10 +1308,10 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..518a00886f7bde1de95150366541fc99
 +}
 diff --git a/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/RemovedConfigurations.java b/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/RemovedConfigurations.java
 new file mode 100644
-index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d69d203eea014fc9fb40a556f0771dba15fcd2ea
+index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1bb16fc7598cd53e822d84b69d6a9727b37f484f
 --- /dev/null
 +++ b/src/main/java/io/papermc/paper/configuration/RemovedConfigurations.java
-@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
 +package io.papermc.paper.configuration;
 +
 +import org.spongepowered.configurate.NodePath;
@@ -1354,6 +1354,8 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d69d203eea014fc9fb40a556f0771dba
 +        path("use-hopper-check"),
 +        path("use-async-lighting"),
 +        path("tnt-explosion-volume"),
++        path("entities", "spawning", "despawn-ranges", "soft"),
++        path("entities", "spawning", "despawn-ranges", "hard")
 +    };
 +
 +    NodePath[] REMOVED_GLOBAL_PATHS = {
@@ -4236,7 +4238,7 @@ index a96cb7a5f7c94cd9a46b31cf8ec90b544221557b..7c35d86eac0d69ba4be48faf364fd6dc
          for ( Method method : clazz.getDeclaredMethods() )
          {
 diff --git a/src/main/java/org/spigotmc/SpigotWorldConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/spigotmc/SpigotWorldConfig.java
-index a04da0a7d690fe3fcf10810b4e8c92a8ae027b86..feef74e3a6d50344245c4a61ece5b2194af1072f 100644
+index bd0bf398f900302187f3436119c754592d575416..d139cbcf0b159372f229bef6ae49b45a74c163ad 100644
 --- a/src/main/java/org/spigotmc/SpigotWorldConfig.java
 +++ b/src/main/java/org/spigotmc/SpigotWorldConfig.java
 @@ -58,8 +58,14 @@ public class SpigotWorldConfig
diff --git a/patches/server/0746-Add-packet-limiter-config.patch b/patches/server/0746-Add-packet-limiter-config.patch
index 882a6b664..374c9fb3d 100644
--- a/patches/server/0746-Add-packet-limiter-config.patch
+++ b/patches/server/0746-Add-packet-limiter-config.patch
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ and an action can be defined: DROP or KICK
 If interval or rate are less-than 0, the limit is ignored
 
 diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/network/Connection.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/network/Connection.java
-index 05a15b2da76a6d246b705e682b61a7c40c5dade7..8c6e2aa1a5e98456684f74d677ac0af24aa90246 100644
+index 05a15b2da76a6d246b705e682b61a7c40c5dade7..1d98e328982255b6dab8e24223c97eaea2612a45 100644
 --- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/network/Connection.java
 +++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/network/Connection.java
 @@ -135,6 +135,22 @@ public class Connection extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<Packet<?>> {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ index 05a15b2da76a6d246b705e682b61a7c40c5dade7..8c6e2aa1a5e98456684f74d677ac0af2
 +                    for (Class<?> check = packet.getClass(); check != Object.class; check = check.getSuperclass()) {
 +                        io.papermc.paper.configuration.GlobalConfiguration.PacketLimiter.PacketLimit packetSpecificLimit =
 +                            io.papermc.paper.configuration.GlobalConfiguration.get().packetLimiter.overrides.get(check);
-+                        if (packetSpecificLimit == null) {
++                        if (packetSpecificLimit == null || !packetSpecificLimit.isEnabled()) {
 +                            continue;
 +                        }
 +                        io.papermc.paper.util.IntervalledCounter counter = this.packetSpecificLimits.computeIfAbsent((Class)check, (clazz) -> {