diff --git a/core/src/main/java/apoc/ApocConfig.java b/core/src/main/java/apoc/ApocConfig.java
index 208b226204..83513c2782 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/apoc/ApocConfig.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/apoc/ApocConfig.java
@@ -267,6 +267,12 @@ public void isImportFileEnabled() {
         }
     }
 
+    /*
+        TODO
+        This needs to be cleaned up in 5.0
+        WebURLAccessRule was added in the database in 4.4.5, so it would
+        break backwards compatibility with 4.4.xx previous versions
+    */
     private void checkAllowedUrl(String url) throws IOException {
         try {
             URL parsedUrl = new URL(url);
@@ -274,7 +280,7 @@ private void checkAllowedUrl(String url) throws IOException {
 
             for (var blockedIpRange : blockedIpRanges)
             {
-                if (blockedIpRange.contains(new IPAddressString( inetAddress.getHostAddress())))
+                if (blockedIpRange.contains(new IPAddressString(inetAddress.getHostAddress())))
                 {
                     throw new IOException("access to " + inetAddress + " is blocked via the configuration property "
                                            + ApocSettings.cypher_ip_blocklist.name());
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/apoc/ApocSettings.java b/core/src/main/java/apoc/ApocSettings.java
index 77df5be25a..7b5606abca 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/apoc/ApocSettings.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/apoc/ApocSettings.java
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
  */
 @ServiceProvider
 public class ApocSettings implements SettingsDeclaration {
+    /*
+        TODO
+        This needs to be cleaned up in 5.0, along with cypher_ip_blocklist
+        The option was added in the database in 4.4.5, so it would
+        break backwards compatibility with 4.4.xx previous versions
+     */
     public static final SettingValueParser<IPAddressString> CIDR_IP = new SettingValueParser<>()
     {
         @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/apoc/util/FileUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/apoc/util/FileUtils.java
index 58a75a59f1..00225706c4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/apoc/util/FileUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/apoc/util/FileUtils.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ public enum SupportedProtocols {
         http(true, null),
         https(true, null),
         ftp(true, null),
-        ftps(true, null),
         s3(Util.classExists("com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3"),
                 Util.createInstanceOrNull("apoc.util.s3.S3UrlStreamHandlerFactory")),
         gs(Util.classExists("com.google.cloud.storage.Storage"),
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ public StreamConnection getStreamConnection(String urlAddress, Map<String, Objec
                 case hdfs:
                     return FileUtils.openHdfsInputStream(new URL(urlAddress));
                 case ftp:
-                case ftps:
                 case http:
                 case https:
                 case gs: