diff --git a/app/lib/methods/handleMediaDownload.ts b/app/lib/methods/handleMediaDownload.ts
index b2cf29441..c6aff8cff 100644
--- a/app/lib/methods/handleMediaDownload.ts
+++ b/app/lib/methods/handleMediaDownload.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ const defaultType = {
 };
 
 export const LOCAL_DOCUMENT_DIRECTORY = FileSystem.documentDirectory;
-export const LOCAL_CACHE_DIRECTORY = FileSystem.cacheDirectory;
 
 const sanitizeString = (value: string) => {
 	const urlWithoutQueryString = value.split('?')[0];
@@ -144,23 +143,11 @@ export const getMediaCache = async ({
 	}
 };
 
-const deleteVideoThumbnails = async () => {
-	try {
-		// https://github.com/expo/expo/blob/e8f02c96cf2613c7f3e2ab2b0171eb39da80032b/packages/expo-video-thumbnails/ios/VideoThumbnailsModule.swift#L51
-		// https://github.com/expo/expo/blob/e8f02c96cf2613c7f3e2ab2b0171eb39da80032b/packages/expo-video-thumbnails/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/videothumbnails/VideoThumbnailsModule.kt#L44C5-L44C5
-		const videoThumbnailPath = `${LOCAL_CACHE_DIRECTORY}/VideoThumbnails/`;
-		await FileSystem.deleteAsync(videoThumbnailPath, { idempotent: true });
-	} catch (error) {
-		log(error);
-	}
-};
-
 export const deleteMediaFiles = async (serverUrl: string): Promise<void> => {
 	try {
 		const serverUrlParsed = serverUrlParsedAsPath(serverUrl);
 		const path = `${LOCAL_DOCUMENT_DIRECTORY}${serverUrlParsed}`;
 		await FileSystem.deleteAsync(path, { idempotent: true });
-		await deleteVideoThumbnails();
 	} catch (error) {
 		log(error);
 	}