diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts
index 9bd2a63c0..68d4c7389 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/metadataService.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { getFileNameSize } from "@/next/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { DedicatedCryptoWorker } from "@ente/shared/crypto/internal/crypto.worker";
 import {
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 import { Remote } from "comlink";
 import { FILE_TYPE } from "constants/file";
 import { NULL_EXTRACTED_METADATA, NULL_LOCATION } from "constants/upload";
+import * as ffmpegService from "services/ffmpeg/ffmpegService";
 import { FilePublicMagicMetadataProps } from "types/file";
 import {
     ElectronFile,
@@ -21,7 +23,6 @@ import {
 import { splitFilenameAndExtension } from "utils/file";
 import { getEXIFLocation, getEXIFTime, getParsedExifData } from "./exifService";
 import { getFileHash } from "./hashService";
-import { getVideoMetadata } from "./videoMetadataService";
 
 const NULL_PARSED_METADATA_JSON: ParsedMetadataJSON = {
     creationTime: null,
@@ -272,3 +273,23 @@ function getFileOriginalName(fileName: string) {
     }
     return originalName;
 }
+
+async function getVideoMetadata(file: File | ElectronFile) {
+    let videoMetadata = NULL_EXTRACTED_METADATA;
+    try {
+        log.info(`getVideoMetadata called for ${getFileNameSize(file)}`);
+        videoMetadata = await ffmpegService.extractVideoMetadata(file);
+        log.info(
+            `videoMetadata successfully extracted ${getFileNameSize(file)}`,
+        );
+    } catch (e) {
+        log.error("failed to get video metadata", e);
+        log.info(
+            `videoMetadata extracted failed ${getFileNameSize(file)} ,${
+                e.message
+            } `,
+        );
+    }
+
+    return videoMetadata;
+}
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/videoMetadataService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/videoMetadataService.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 947bd538c..000000000
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/videoMetadataService.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import { getFileNameSize } from "@/next/file";
-import log from "@/next/log";
-import { NULL_EXTRACTED_METADATA } from "constants/upload";
-import * as ffmpegService from "services/ffmpeg/ffmpegService";
-import { ElectronFile } from "types/upload";
-
-export async function getVideoMetadata(file: File | ElectronFile) {
-    let videoMetadata = NULL_EXTRACTED_METADATA;
-    try {
-        log.info(`getVideoMetadata called for ${getFileNameSize(file)}`);
-        videoMetadata = await ffmpegService.extractVideoMetadata(file);
-        log.info(
-            `videoMetadata successfully extracted ${getFileNameSize(file)}`,
-        );
-    } catch (e) {
-        log.error("failed to get video metadata", e);
-        log.info(
-            `videoMetadata extracted failed ${getFileNameSize(file)} ,${
-                e.message
-            } `,
-        );
-    }
-
-    return videoMetadata;
-}