diff --git a/lib/moodlelib.php b/lib/moodlelib.php
index b6c2998c696..69f171ed582 100644
--- a/lib/moodlelib.php
+++ b/lib/moodlelib.php
@@ -6305,7 +6305,7 @@ function get_user_max_upload_file_size($context, $sitebytes = 0, $coursebytes =
     }
 
     if (has_capability('moodle/course:ignorefilesizelimits', $context, $user)) {
-        return get_max_upload_file_size(USER_CAN_IGNORE_FILE_SIZE_LIMITS);
+        return USER_CAN_IGNORE_FILE_SIZE_LIMITS;
     }
 
     return get_max_upload_file_size($sitebytes, $coursebytes, $modulebytes);
diff --git a/webservice/tests/externallib_test.php b/webservice/tests/externallib_test.php
index 9d98d35a77e..5c809860edb 100644
--- a/webservice/tests/externallib_test.php
+++ b/webservice/tests/externallib_test.php
@@ -151,9 +151,7 @@ class core_webservice_externallib_testcase extends externallib_advanced_testcase
         $siteinfo = external_api::clean_returnvalue(core_webservice_external::get_site_info_returns(), $siteinfo);
 
         $this->assertEquals(0, $siteinfo['userquota']);
-
-        // The max_size is dependant upon the post_max_size, and upload_max_filesize values in php.ini.
-        $this->assertEquals(get_max_upload_file_size(USER_CAN_IGNORE_FILE_SIZE_LIMITS), $siteinfo['usermaxuploadfilesize']);
+        $this->assertEquals(USER_CAN_IGNORE_FILE_SIZE_LIMITS, $siteinfo['usermaxuploadfilesize']);
         $this->assertEquals(true, $siteinfo['usercanmanageownfiles']);
 
         $this->assertEquals(HOMEPAGE_SITE, $siteinfo['userhomepage']);