diff --git a/.github/newsupdater-system-cron-updates.png b/.github/newsupdater-system-cron-updates.png
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a21b679..d5880cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ ___
   * [Nextcloud](#nextcloud)
   * [Cron](#cron)
   * [Previews generator](#previews-generator)
-  * [News Updater](#news-updater)
 * [Volumes](#volumes)
 * [Ports](#ports)
 * [Usage](#usage)
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ ___
   * [OCC command](#occ-command)
   * [Cron sidecar](#cron-sidecar)
   * [Previews generator sidecar](#previews-generator-sidecar)
-  * [Nextcloud News Updater](#nextcloud-news-updater)
   * [Email server](#email-server)
   * [Custom configuration](#custom-configuration)
   * [Redis cache](#redis-cache)
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@ ___
 * [Automatic installation](https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/admin_manual/configuration_server/automatic_configuration.html)
 * Cron task for [Nextcloud background jobs](https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/admin_manual/configuration_server/background_jobs_configuration.html#cron) as a [sidecar cron container](#cron-sidecar)
 * Execute pre-generation of previews through [Preview Generator](https://github.com/rullzer/previewgenerator) plugin
-* Handle [Nextcloud News Updater](https://github.com/nextcloud/news-updater) for [News plugin](https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/news) through a [sidecar news updater container](#nextcloud-news-updater)
 * OPCache enabled to store precompiled script bytecode in shared memory
 * APCu installed and configured
 * Memcached and Redis also enabled to enhance server performance
@@ -153,17 +150,6 @@ linux/s390x
 * `SIDECAR_PREVIEWGEN`: Set to `1` to enable sidecar previews generator mode (default `0`)
 * `PREVIEWGEN_PERIOD`: Periodically execute pre-generation of previews (eg. `0 * * * *`)
 
-### News Updater
-
-> [!WARNING]
-> Only used if you enable and run a [sidecar news updater container](#nextcloud-news-updater)
-
-* `SIDECAR_NEWSUPDATER`: Set to `1` to enable sidecar news updater mode (default `0`)
-* `NC_NEWSUPDATER_THREADS`: How many feeds should be fetched in parallel (default `10`)
-* `NC_NEWSUPDATER_TIMEOUT`: Maximum number of seconds for updating a feed (default `300`)
-* `NC_NEWSUPDATER_INTERVAL`: Update interval between fetching the next round of updates in seconds (default `900`)
-* `NC_NEWSUPDATER_LOGLEVEL`: Log granularity, `info` will log all urls and received data, `error` will only log errors (default `error`)
-
 ## Volumes
 
 * `/data`: Contains config, data folders, installed user apps (not core ones), session, themes, tmp folders
@@ -264,29 +250,6 @@ docker run -d --name nextcloud_previewgen \
   crazymax/nextcloud:latest
 ```
 
-### Nextcloud News Updater
-
-If you want to enable the [Nextcloud News Updater](https://github.com/nextcloud/news-updater),
-you have to run a "sidecar" container (see news_updater service in
-[compose.yml](examples/compose/compose.yml) example) or run a simple container
-like this:
-
-```bash
-docker run -d --name nextcloud_news_updater \
-  --env-file $(pwd)/nextcloud.env \
-  -e "SIDECAR_NEWSUPDATER=1" \
-  -e "NC_NEWSUPDATER_THREADS=10" \
-  -e "NC_NEWSUPDATER_TIMEOUT=300" \
-  -e "NC_NEWSUPDATER_INTERVAL=900" \
-  -e "NC_NEWSUPDATER_LOGLEVEL=error" \
-  -v "$(pwd)/data:/data" \
-  crazymax/nextcloud:latest
-```
-
-And do not forget to disable **Use system cron for updates** in news settings:
-
-![Background jobs](.github/newsupdater-system-cron-updates.png)
-
 ### Email server
 
 You can use our SMTP relay `msmtpd` service published on port `2500` and
diff --git a/examples/compose/compose.yml b/examples/compose/compose.yml
index d47a7cb..0adef17 100644
--- a/examples/compose/compose.yml
+++ b/examples/compose/compose.yml
@@ -99,31 +99,6 @@ services:
       - "PREVIEWGEN_PERIOD=0 * * * *"
     restart: always
 
-  news_updater:
-    image: crazymax/nextcloud:latest
-    container_name: nextcloud_news_updater
-    depends_on:
-      - nextcloud
-    volumes:
-      - "nextcloud:/data"
-    env_file:
-      - "./nextcloud.env"
-    environment:
-      - "TZ"
-      - "PUID"
-      - "PGID"
-      - "DB_TYPE=mysql"
-      - "DB_HOST=db"
-      - "DB_NAME=${MYSQL_DATABASE}"
-      - "DB_USER=${MYSQL_USER}"
-      - "DB_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_PASSWORD}"
-      - "SIDECAR_NEWSUPDATER=1"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_THREADS=10"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_TIMEOUT=300"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_INTERVAL=900"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_LOGLEVEL=error"
-    restart: always
-
 volumes:
   db:
   nextcloud:
diff --git a/examples/traefik/compose.yml b/examples/traefik/compose.yml
index 3d566de..da31f31 100644
--- a/examples/traefik/compose.yml
+++ b/examples/traefik/compose.yml
@@ -142,31 +142,6 @@ services:
       - "PREVIEWGEN_PERIOD=0 * * * *"
     restart: always
 
-  news_updater:
-    image: crazymax/nextcloud:latest
-    container_name: nextcloud_news_updater
-    depends_on:
-      - nextcloud
-    volumes:
-      - "nextcloud:/data"
-    env_file:
-      - "./nextcloud.env"
-    environment:
-      - "TZ"
-      - "PUID"
-      - "PGID"
-      - "DB_TYPE=mysql"
-      - "DB_HOST=db"
-      - "DB_NAME=${MYSQL_DATABASE}"
-      - "DB_USER=${MYSQL_USER}"
-      - "DB_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_PASSWORD}"
-      - "SIDECAR_NEWSUPDATER=1"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_THREADS=10"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_TIMEOUT=300"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_INTERVAL=900"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_LOGLEVEL=error"
-    restart: always
-
 volumes:
   db:
   nextcloud:
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/03-config.sh b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/03-config.sh
index bc8c1a3..7371f53 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/03-config.sh
+++ b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/03-config.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,19 @@ DB_TIMEOUT=${DB_TIMEOUT:-60}
 SIDECAR_CRON=${SIDECAR_CRON:-0}
 SIDECAR_NEWSUPDATER=${SIDECAR_NEWSUPDATER:-0}
 
+if [ "$SIDECAR_NEWSUPDATER" = "1" ]; then
+  echo >&2 "ERROR: Nextcloud News Updater sidecar support has been removed."
+  echo >&2 "Use the regular Nextcloud cron sidecar for News app feed updates."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+SUBDIR=${SUBDIR:-}
+if [ -n "$SUBDIR" ]; then
+  echo >&2 "ERROR: SUBDIR environment variable support has been removed."
+  echo >&2 "Configure path-prefix routing in your reverse proxy and set overwritewebroot in a custom config file."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 # Timezone
 echo "Setting timezone to ${TZ}..."
 ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/${TZ} /etc/localtime
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/04-svc-main.sh b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/04-svc-main.sh
index be89e69..7f2b0c1 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/04-svc-main.sh
+++ b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/04-svc-main.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 
 SIDECAR_CRON=${SIDECAR_CRON:-0}
 SIDECAR_PREVIEWGEN=${SIDECAR_PREVIEWGEN:-0}
-SIDECAR_NEWSUPDATER=${SIDECAR_NEWSUPDATER:-0}
 
-if [ "$SIDECAR_CRON" = "1" ] || [ "$SIDECAR_PREVIEWGEN" = "1" ] || [ "$SIDECAR_NEWSUPDATER" = "1" ]; then
+if [ "$SIDECAR_CRON" = "1" ] || [ "$SIDECAR_PREVIEWGEN" = "1" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/07-svc-news-updater.sh b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/07-svc-news-updater.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index a03afe4..0000000
--- a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/07-svc-news-updater.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/with-contenv sh
-# shellcheck shell=sh
-
-SIDECAR_NEWSUPDATER=${SIDECAR_NEWSUPDATER:-0}
-NC_NEWSUPDATER_THREADS=${NC_NEWSUPDATER_THREADS:-10}
-NC_NEWSUPDATER_TIMEOUT=${NC_NEWSUPDATER_TIMEOUT:-300}
-NC_NEWSUPDATER_INTERVAL=${NC_NEWSUPDATER_INTERVAL:-900}
-NC_NEWSUPDATER_LOGLEVEL=${NC_NEWSUPDATER_LOGLEVEL:-error}
-
-# Continue only if sidecar news updater container
-if [ "$SIDECAR_NEWSUPDATER" != "1" ]; then
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-echo ">>"
-echo ">> Sidecar news updater container detected for Nextcloud"
-echo ">>"
-
-# Nextcloud News Updater config file (https://github.com/nextcloud/news-updater#usage)
-cat > /etc/news_updater.ini <<EOL
-[updater]
-threads = ${NC_NEWSUPDATER_THREADS}
-timeout = ${NC_NEWSUPDATER_TIMEOUT}
-interval = ${NC_NEWSUPDATER_INTERVAL}
-loglevel = ${NC_NEWSUPDATER_LOGLEVEL}
-url = /var/www
-mode = endless
-EOL
-
-# Create service
-mkdir -p /etc/services.d/news-updater
-cat > /etc/services.d/news-updater/run <<EOL
-#!/usr/bin/execlineb -P
-with-contenv
-s6-setuidgid ${PUID}:${PGID}
-/usr/bin/nextcloud-news-updater -c /etc/news_updater.ini
-EOL
-chmod +x /etc/services.d/news-updater/run
diff --git a/rootfs/usr/local/bin/healthcheck b/rootfs/usr/local/bin/healthcheck
index 042b6a3..616a853 100755
--- a/rootfs/usr/local/bin/healthcheck
+++ b/rootfs/usr/local/bin/healthcheck
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 
-if [ "$SIDECAR_NEWSUPDATER" = "1" ]; then
-  pgrep -f "/usr/bin/nextcloud-news-updater -c /etc/news_updater.ini"
-elif [ "$SIDECAR_CRON" = "1" ] || [ "$SIDECAR_PREVIEWGEN" = "1" ]; then
+if [ "$SIDECAR_CRON" = "1" ] || [ "$SIDECAR_PREVIEWGEN" = "1" ]; then
   pgrep -f "busybox crond -f -L /dev/stdout"
 else
   curl --fail http://127.0.0.1:12345/ping || exit 1
diff --git a/test/mysql/compose.yml b/test/mysql/compose.yml
index 0650a7a..686a021 100644
--- a/test/mysql/compose.yml
+++ b/test/mysql/compose.yml
@@ -89,31 +89,6 @@ services:
       - "PREVIEWGEN_PERIOD=0 * * * *"
     restart: always
 
-  news_updater:
-    image: ${NEXTCLOUD_IMAGE:-crazymax/nextcloud}
-    container_name: nextcloud_news_updater
-    depends_on:
-      - nextcloud
-    volumes:
-      - "nextcloud:/data"
-    env_file:
-      - "./nextcloud.env"
-    environment:
-      - "TZ"
-      - "PUID"
-      - "PGID"
-      - "DB_TYPE=mysql"
-      - "DB_HOST=db"
-      - "DB_NAME=${MYSQL_DATABASE}"
-      - "DB_USER=${MYSQL_USER}"
-      - "DB_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_PASSWORD}"
-      - "SIDECAR_NEWSUPDATER=1"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_THREADS=10"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_TIMEOUT=300"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_INTERVAL=900"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_LOGLEVEL=error"
-    restart: always
-
 volumes:
   db:
   nextcloud:
diff --git a/test/pgsql/compose.yml b/test/pgsql/compose.yml
index ca23cbf..c04757d 100644
--- a/test/pgsql/compose.yml
+++ b/test/pgsql/compose.yml
@@ -88,31 +88,6 @@ services:
       - "PREVIEWGEN_PERIOD=0 * * * *"
     restart: always
 
-  news_updater:
-    image: ${NEXTCLOUD_IMAGE:-crazymax/nextcloud}
-    container_name: nextcloud_news_updater
-    depends_on:
-      - nextcloud
-    volumes:
-      - "nextcloud:/data"
-    env_file:
-      - "./nextcloud.env"
-    environment:
-      - "TZ"
-      - "PUID"
-      - "PGID"
-      - "DB_TYPE=pgsql"
-      - "DB_HOST=db"
-      - "DB_NAME=${POSTGRES_DB}"
-      - "DB_USER=${POSTGRES_USER}"
-      - "DB_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}"
-      - "SIDECAR_NEWSUPDATER=1"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_THREADS=10"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_TIMEOUT=300"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_INTERVAL=900"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_LOGLEVEL=error"
-    restart: always
-
 volumes:
   db:
   nextcloud:
diff --git a/test/sqlite/compose.yml b/test/sqlite/compose.yml
index ea65c42..85b3aef 100644
--- a/test/sqlite/compose.yml
+++ b/test/sqlite/compose.yml
@@ -64,27 +64,6 @@ services:
       - "PREVIEWGEN_PERIOD=0 * * * *"
     restart: always
 
-  news_updater:
-    image: ${NEXTCLOUD_IMAGE:-crazymax/nextcloud}
-    container_name: nextcloud_news_updater
-    depends_on:
-      - nextcloud
-    volumes:
-      - "nextcloud:/data"
-    env_file:
-      - "./nextcloud.env"
-    environment:
-      - "TZ"
-      - "PUID"
-      - "PGID"
-      - "DB_TYPE=sqlite"
-      - "SIDECAR_NEWSUPDATER=1"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_THREADS=10"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_TIMEOUT=300"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_INTERVAL=900"
-      - "NC_NEWSUPDATER_LOGLEVEL=error"
-    restart: always
-
 volumes:
   db:
   nextcloud:
diff --git a/v32.Dockerfile b/v32.Dockerfile
index f3d4815..b03612b 100644
--- a/v32.Dockerfile
+++ b/v32.Dockerfile
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ RUN apk --update --no-cache add \
     php85-zip \
     php85-zlib \
     postgresql-client \
-    python3 \
-    py3-pip \
     tzdata \
     util-linux \
   && mv /etc/php85 /etc/php && ln -s /etc/php /etc/php85 \
@@ -84,8 +82,6 @@ RUN apk --update --no-cache add \
   && mv /etc/logrotate.d/php-fpm85 /etc/logrotate.d/php-fpm && ln -s /etc/logrotate.d/php-fpm /etc/logrotate.d/php-fpm85 \
   && mv /var/log/php85 /var/log/php && ln -s /var/log/php /var/log/php85 \
   && ln -s /usr/sbin/php-fpm85 /usr/sbin/php-fpm \
-  && pip3 install --upgrade --break-system-packages pip \
-  && pip3 install --break-system-packages nextcloud_news_updater \
   && cd /tmp \
   && rm -rf /tmp/* /var/www/*
 
diff --git a/v33.Dockerfile b/v33.Dockerfile
index 40e1ad5..8e77fac 100644
--- a/v33.Dockerfile
+++ b/v33.Dockerfile
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ RUN apk --update --no-cache add \
     php85-zip \
     php85-zlib \
     postgresql-client \
-    python3 \
-    py3-pip \
     tzdata \
     util-linux \
   && mv /etc/php85 /etc/php && ln -s /etc/php /etc/php85 \
@@ -84,8 +82,6 @@ RUN apk --update --no-cache add \
   && mv /etc/logrotate.d/php-fpm85 /etc/logrotate.d/php-fpm && ln -s /etc/logrotate.d/php-fpm /etc/logrotate.d/php-fpm85 \
   && mv /var/log/php85 /var/log/php && ln -s /var/log/php /var/log/php85 \
   && ln -s /usr/sbin/php-fpm85 /usr/sbin/php-fpm \
-  && pip3 install --upgrade --break-system-packages pip \
-  && pip3 install --break-system-packages nextcloud_news_updater \
   && cd /tmp \
   && rm -rf /tmp/* /var/www/*
 
diff --git a/v34.Dockerfile b/v34.Dockerfile
index 1c4f1b4..9d6caea 100644
--- a/v34.Dockerfile
+++ b/v34.Dockerfile
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ RUN apk --update --no-cache add \
     php85-zip \
     php85-zlib \
     postgresql-client \
-    python3 \
-    py3-pip \
     tzdata \
     util-linux \
   && mv /etc/php85 /etc/php && ln -s /etc/php /etc/php85 \
@@ -84,8 +82,6 @@ RUN apk --update --no-cache add \
   && mv /etc/logrotate.d/php-fpm85 /etc/logrotate.d/php-fpm && ln -s /etc/logrotate.d/php-fpm /etc/logrotate.d/php-fpm85 \
   && mv /var/log/php85 /var/log/php && ln -s /var/log/php /var/log/php85 \
   && ln -s /usr/sbin/php-fpm85 /usr/sbin/php-fpm \
-  && pip3 install --upgrade --break-system-packages pip \
-  && pip3 install --break-system-packages nextcloud_news_updater \
   && cd /tmp \
   && rm -rf /tmp/* /var/www/*