diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Items/Components/ItemComponent.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Items/Components/ItemComponent.cs
index c136956f9..cc9829018 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Items/Components/ItemComponent.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Items/Components/ItemComponent.cs
@@ -175,63 +175,6 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Items.Components
                     }
                 }
             }
-
-            public void ApplyTo(RectTransform target)
-            {
-                if (RelativeOffset.HasValue)
-                {
-                    target.RelativeOffset = RelativeOffset.Value;
-                }
-                else if (AbsoluteOffset.HasValue)
-                {
-                    target.AbsoluteOffset = AbsoluteOffset.Value;
-                }
-                if (RelativeSize.HasValue)
-                {
-                    target.RelativeSize = RelativeSize.Value;
-                }
-                else if (AbsoluteSize.HasValue)
-                {
-                    target.NonScaledSize = AbsoluteSize.Value;
-                }
-                if (Anchor.HasValue)
-                {
-                    target.Anchor = Anchor.Value;
-                }
-                if (Pivot.HasValue)
-                {
-                    target.Pivot = Pivot.Value;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    target.Pivot = RectTransform.MatchPivotToAnchor(target.Anchor);
-                }
-                target.RecalculateChildren(true, true);
-            }
-        }
-
-        public GUIFrame GuiFrame { get; protected set; }
-
-        [Serialize(false, false)]
-        public bool AllowUIOverlap
-        {
-            get;
-            set;
-        }
-
-        private ItemComponent linkToUIComponent;
-        [Serialize("", false)]
-        public string LinkUIToComponent
-        {
-            get;
-            set;
-        }
-
-        [Serialize(0, false)]
-        public int HudPriority
-        {
-            get;
-            private set;
         }
 
         private bool shouldMuffleLooping;
@@ -553,7 +496,11 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Items.Components
                 {
                     msg = msg.Replace("[" + inputType.ToString().ToLowerInvariant() + "]", GameMain.Config.KeyBind(inputType).ToString());
                 }
-                Msg = msg;
+                DisplayMsg = msg;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                DisplayMsg = Msg;
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Components/ItemComponent.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Components/ItemComponent.cs
index 421ed1b63..21fd14e74 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Components/ItemComponent.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/Components/ItemComponent.cs
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Items.Components
         {
             get { return name; }
         }
-
-        //TODO: this shouldn't be saved as-is, causes tags ("ItemMsgPressSelect" etc) to be converted into actual texts when saving the subs
+        
         [Editable, Serialize("", true)]
         public string Msg
         {
@@ -204,12 +203,6 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Items.Components
             set;
         }
 
-        public AITarget AITarget
-        {
-            get;
-            private set;
-        }
-
         public AITarget AITarget
         {
             get;
@@ -254,7 +247,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Items.Components
             {
                 DebugConsole.ThrowError("Invalid pick key in " + element + "!", e);
             }
-            
+
             SerializableProperties = SerializableProperty.DeserializeProperties(this, element);
             ParseMsg();
 
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/ItemPrefab.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/ItemPrefab.cs
index 105a87746..0bc5c0d78 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/ItemPrefab.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Items/ItemPrefab.cs
@@ -521,39 +521,6 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 
             AllowedLinks = element.GetAttributeStringArray("allowedlinks", new string[0], convertToLowerInvariant: true).ToList();
 
-            if (sprite == null)
-            {
-                DebugConsole.ThrowError("Item \"" + Name + "\" has no sprite!");
-#if SERVER
-                sprite = new Sprite("", Vector2.Zero);
-                sprite.SourceRect = new Rectangle(0, 0, 32, 32);
-#else
-                sprite = new Sprite(TextureLoader.PlaceHolderTexture, null, null)
-                {
-                    Origin = TextureLoader.PlaceHolderTexture.Bounds.Size.ToVector2() / 2
-                };
-#endif
-                size = sprite.size;
-                sprite.EntityID = identifier;
-            }
-            
-            if (!category.HasFlag(MapEntityCategory.Legacy) && string.IsNullOrEmpty(identifier))
-            {
-                DebugConsole.ThrowError(
-                    "Item prefab \"" + name + "\" has no identifier. All item prefabs have a unique identifier string that's used to differentiate between items during saving and loading.");
-            }
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(identifier))
-            {
-                MapEntityPrefab existingPrefab = List.Find(e => e.Identifier == identifier);
-                if (existingPrefab != null)
-                {
-                    DebugConsole.ThrowError(
-                        "Map entity prefabs \"" + name + "\" and \"" + existingPrefab.Name + "\" have the same identifier!");
-                }
-            }
-
-            AllowedLinks = element.GetAttributeStringArray("allowedlinks", new string[0], convertToLowerInvariant: true).ToList();
-
             List.Add(this);
         }