diff --git a/server/controllers/AuthorController.js b/server/controllers/AuthorController.js
index ee364b68..052c62b8 100644
--- a/server/controllers/AuthorController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/AuthorController.js
@@ -153,17 +153,6 @@ class AuthorController {
     }
   }
 
-  async search(req, res) {
-    var q = (req.query.q || '').toLowerCase()
-    if (!q) return res.json([])
-    var limit = (req.query.limit && !isNaN(req.query.limit)) ? Number(req.query.limit) : 25
-    var authors = Database.authors.filter(au => au.name?.toLowerCase().includes(q))
-    authors = authors.slice(0, limit)
-    res.json({
-      results: authors
-    })
-  }
-
   async match(req, res) {
     let authorData = null
     const region = req.body.region || 'us'
diff --git a/server/routers/ApiRouter.js b/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
index 5b61c8bf..03f382fe 100644
--- a/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
+++ b/server/routers/ApiRouter.js
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ class ApiRouter {
     //
     // Author Routes
     //
-    this.router.get('/authors/search', AuthorController.search.bind(this))
     this.router.get('/authors/:id', AuthorController.middleware.bind(this), AuthorController.findOne.bind(this))
     this.router.patch('/authors/:id', AuthorController.middleware.bind(this), AuthorController.update.bind(this))
     this.router.post('/authors/:id/match', AuthorController.middleware.bind(this), AuthorController.match.bind(this))
diff --git a/server/scanner/LibraryScanner.js b/server/scanner/LibraryScanner.js
index 01dc1d2d..bdcde4c8 100644
--- a/server/scanner/LibraryScanner.js
+++ b/server/scanner/LibraryScanner.js
@@ -209,12 +209,38 @@ class LibraryScanner {
         bookAuthorsToRemove.forEach((authorId) => {
           Database.removeAuthorFromFilterData(libraryScan.libraryId, authorId)
           // TODO: Clients were expecting full author in payload but its unnecessary
-          SocketAuthority.emitter('author_removed', { id: authorId })
+          SocketAuthority.emitter('author_removed', { id: authorId, libraryId: libraryScan.libraryId })
         })
         libraryScan.addLog(LogLevel.INFO, `Removed ${bookAuthorsToRemove.length} authors`)
       }
     }
 
+    // Check series that were removed from books and remove them if they no longer have any books
+    if (libraryScan.seriesRemovedFromBooks.length) {
+      const bookSeriesToRemove = (await Database.seriesModel.findAll({
+        where: [
+          {
+            id: libraryScan.seriesRemovedFromBooks
+          },
+          sequelize.where(sequelize.literal('(SELECT count(*) FROM bookSeries bs WHERE bs.seriesId = series.id)'), 0)
+        ],
+        attributes: ['id'],
+        raw: true
+      })).map(se => se.id)
+      if (bookSeriesToRemove.length) {
+        await Database.seriesModel.destroy({
+          where: {
+            id: bookSeriesToRemove
+          }
+        })
+        bookSeriesToRemove.forEach((seriesId) => {
+          Database.removeSeriesFromFilterData(libraryScan.libraryId, seriesId)
+          SocketAuthority.emitter('series_removed', { id: seriesId, libraryId: libraryScan.libraryId })
+        })
+        libraryScan.addLog(LogLevel.INFO, `Removed ${bookSeriesToRemove.length} series`)
+      }
+    }
+
     // Update missing library items
     if (libraryItemIdsMissing.length) {
       libraryScan.addLog(LogLevel.INFO, `Updating ${libraryItemIdsMissing.length} library items missing`)