diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ui/MainPlayerUi.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ui/MainPlayerUi.java
index 03f90a344..d8efb30df 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ui/MainPlayerUi.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ui/MainPlayerUi.java
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.Looper;
 import android.provider.Settings;
-import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
 import android.util.Log;
-import android.util.TypedValue;
 import android.view.KeyEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
@@ -44,6 +42,7 @@ import androidx.fragment.app.FragmentActivity;
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.ItemTouchHelper;
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView;
 
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ui.SubtitleView;
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.video.VideoSize;
 
 import org.schabi.newpipe.R;
@@ -522,11 +521,8 @@ public final class MainPlayerUi extends VideoPlayerUi implements View.OnLayoutCh
 
     @Override
     protected void setupSubtitleView(final float captionScale) {
-        final DisplayMetrics metrics = context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics();
-        final int minimumLength = Math.min(metrics.heightPixels, metrics.widthPixels);
-        final float captionRatioInverse = 20f + 4f * (1.0f - captionScale);
-        binding.subtitleView.setFixedTextSize(
-                TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, minimumLength / captionRatioInverse);
+        binding.subtitleView.setFractionalTextSize(
+                SubtitleView.DEFAULT_TEXT_SIZE_FRACTION * captionScale);
     }
     //endregion
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ui/PopupPlayerUi.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ui/PopupPlayerUi.java
index 90c24c0c6..02f7c07b0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ui/PopupPlayerUi.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ui/PopupPlayerUi.java
@@ -424,9 +424,8 @@ public final class PopupPlayerUi extends VideoPlayerUi {
 
     @Override
     protected void setupSubtitleView(final float captionScale) {
-        final float captionRatio = (captionScale - 1.0f) / 5.0f + 1.0f;
         binding.subtitleView.setFractionalTextSize(
-                SubtitleView.DEFAULT_TEXT_SIZE_FRACTION * captionRatio);
+                SubtitleView.DEFAULT_TEXT_SIZE_FRACTION * captionScale);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ui/VideoPlayerUi.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ui/VideoPlayerUi.java
index ec9d6783b..7157d6af2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ui/VideoPlayerUi.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/ui/VideoPlayerUi.java
@@ -1414,6 +1414,10 @@ public abstract class VideoPlayerUi extends PlayerUi implements SeekBar.OnSeekBa
         binding.subtitleView.setStyle(captionStyle);
     }
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param captionScale Value returned by {@link PlayerHelper#getCaptionScale}.
+     */
     protected abstract void setupSubtitleView(float captionScale);
     //endregion