diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5507ce5e2..ca22a3c72 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 yuzu emulator early access
 =============
 
-This is the source code for early-access 1698.
+This is the source code for early-access 1699.
 
 ## Legal Notice
 
diff --git a/src/common/fs/file.cpp b/src/common/fs/file.cpp
index 37aa9f46e..9f3de1cb0 100755
--- a/src/common/fs/file.cpp
+++ b/src/common/fs/file.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ size_t WriteStringToFile(const std::filesystem::path& path, FileType type,
 
 size_t AppendStringToFile(const std::filesystem::path& path, FileType type,
                           std::string_view string) {
-
     if (!Exists(path)) {
         return WriteStringToFile(path, type, string);
     }
@@ -253,13 +252,12 @@ void IOFile::Open(const fs::path& path, FileAccessMode mode, FileType type, File
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
     if (flag != FileShareFlag::ShareNone) {
-        file = _wfsopen(path.wstring().c_str(), AccessModeToWStr(mode, type),
-                        ToWindowsFileShareFlag(flag));
+        file = _wfsopen(path.c_str(), AccessModeToWStr(mode, type), ToWindowsFileShareFlag(flag));
     } else {
-        _wfopen_s(&file, path.wstring().c_str(), AccessModeToWStr(mode, type));
+        _wfopen_s(&file, path.c_str(), AccessModeToWStr(mode, type));
     }
 #else
-    file = std::fopen(PathToUTF8String(path).c_str(), AccessModeToStr(mode, type));
+    file = std::fopen(path.c_str(), AccessModeToStr(mode, type));
 #endif
 
     if (!IsOpen()) {
@@ -349,8 +347,6 @@ u64 IOFile::GetSize() const {
         return 0;
     }
 
-    errno = 0;
-
     std::error_code ec;
 
     const auto file_size = fs::file_size(file_path, ec);
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_texture_cache.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_texture_cache.cpp
index f38871500..ffe9edc1b 100755
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_texture_cache.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_texture_cache.cpp
@@ -823,13 +823,6 @@ void Image::CopyBufferToImage(const VideoCommon::BufferImageCopy& copy, size_t b
     const bool is_compressed = gl_format == GL_NONE;
     const void* const offset = reinterpret_cast<const void*>(copy.buffer_offset + buffer_offset);
 
-    if (is_compressed && !IsPixelFormatASTC(info.format) &&
-        (copy.image_extent.width < 4 || copy.image_extent.height < 4)) {
-        // Per the documentation for the BPTC, S3TC, and RGTC formats, INVALID_OPERATION will be
-        // generated if either of the dimensions are not a multiple of four. This mainly occurs on
-        // small levels of mip-mapped textures, which this condition will catch.
-        return;
-    }
     switch (info.type) {
     case ImageType::e1D:
         if (is_compressed) {