diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/FixLargeThumbnail.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/FixLargeThumbnail.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index e62fafda3..000000000
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/FixLargeThumbnail.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,235 +0,0 @@
-import DialogBox from "@ente/shared/components/DialogBox/";
-import { logError } from "@ente/shared/sentry";
-import { LS_KEYS, getData, setData } from "@ente/shared/storage/localStorage";
-import { t } from "i18next";
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { Button, ProgressBar } from "react-bootstrap";
-import {
-    getLargeThumbnailFiles,
-    replaceThumbnail,
-} from "services/migrateThumbnailService";
-import { ComfySpan } from "./ExportInProgress";
-
-export type SetProgressTracker = React.Dispatch<
-    React.SetStateAction<{
-        current: number;
-        total: number;
-    }>
->;
-interface Props {
-    isOpen: boolean;
-    show: () => void;
-    hide: () => void;
-}
-export enum FIX_STATE {
-    NOT_STARTED,
-    FIX_LATER,
-    NOOP,
-    RUNNING,
-    COMPLETED,
-    COMPLETED_WITH_ERRORS,
-}
-function Message({ fixState }: { fixState: FIX_STATE }) {
-    let message = null;
-    switch (fixState) {
-        case FIX_STATE.NOT_STARTED:
-        case FIX_STATE.FIX_LATER:
-            message = t("REPLACE_THUMBNAIL_NOT_STARTED");
-            break;
-        case FIX_STATE.COMPLETED:
-            message = t("REPLACE_THUMBNAIL_COMPLETED");
-            break;
-        case FIX_STATE.NOOP:
-            message = t("REPLACE_THUMBNAIL_NOOP");
-            break;
-        case FIX_STATE.COMPLETED_WITH_ERRORS:
-            message = t("REPLACE_THUMBNAIL_COMPLETED_WITH_ERROR");
-            break;
-    }
-    return message ? (
-        <div style={{ marginBottom: "30px" }}>{message}</div>
-    ) : (
-        <></>
-    );
-}
-export default function FixLargeThumbnails(props: Props) {
-    const [fixState, setFixState] = useState(FIX_STATE.NOT_STARTED);
-    const [progressTracker, setProgressTracker] = useState({
-        current: 0,
-        total: 0,
-    });
-    const [largeThumbnailFiles, setLargeThumbnailFiles] = useState<number[]>(
-        [],
-    );
-
-    const init = (): FIX_STATE => {
-        let fixState = getData(LS_KEYS.THUMBNAIL_FIX_STATE)?.state;
-        if (!fixState || fixState === FIX_STATE.RUNNING) {
-            fixState = FIX_STATE.NOT_STARTED;
-            updateFixState(fixState);
-        }
-        if (fixState === FIX_STATE.COMPLETED) {
-            fixState = FIX_STATE.NOOP;
-            updateFixState(fixState);
-        }
-        setFixState(fixState);
-        return fixState;
-    };
-
-    const fetchLargeThumbnail = async () => {
-        const largeThumbnailFiles = (await getLargeThumbnailFiles()) ?? [];
-        setLargeThumbnailFiles(largeThumbnailFiles);
-        return largeThumbnailFiles;
-    };
-
-    const main = async () => {
-        const largeThumbnailFiles = await fetchLargeThumbnail();
-        if (
-            fixState === FIX_STATE.NOT_STARTED &&
-            largeThumbnailFiles.length > 0
-        ) {
-            props.show();
-        }
-        if (
-            (fixState === FIX_STATE.COMPLETED || fixState === FIX_STATE.NOOP) &&
-            largeThumbnailFiles.length > 0
-        ) {
-            updateFixState(FIX_STATE.NOT_STARTED);
-            logError(Error(), "large thumbnail files left after migration");
-        }
-        if (largeThumbnailFiles.length === 0 && fixState !== FIX_STATE.NOOP) {
-            updateFixState(FIX_STATE.NOOP);
-        }
-    };
-    useEffect(() => {
-        if (props.isOpen && fixState !== FIX_STATE.RUNNING) {
-            main();
-        }
-    }, [props.isOpen]);
-
-    useEffect(() => {
-        const fixState = init();
-        if (fixState === FIX_STATE.NOT_STARTED) {
-            main();
-        }
-    }, []);
-    const startFix = async (newlyFetchedLargeThumbnailFiles?: number[]) => {
-        updateFixState(FIX_STATE.RUNNING);
-        const completedWithError = await replaceThumbnail(
-            setProgressTracker,
-            new Set(
-                newlyFetchedLargeThumbnailFiles ?? largeThumbnailFiles ?? [],
-            ),
-        );
-        if (typeof completedWithError !== "undefined") {
-            updateFixState(
-                completedWithError
-                    ? FIX_STATE.COMPLETED_WITH_ERRORS
-                    : FIX_STATE.COMPLETED,
-            );
-        }
-        await fetchLargeThumbnail();
-    };
-
-    const updateFixState = (fixState: FIX_STATE) => {
-        setFixState(fixState);
-        setData(LS_KEYS.THUMBNAIL_FIX_STATE, { state: fixState });
-    };
-    return (
-        <DialogBox
-            open={props.isOpen}
-            onClose={props.hide}
-            attributes={{
-                title: t("COMPRESS_THUMBNAILS"),
-            }}
-        >
-            <div
-                style={{
-                    marginBottom: "20px",
-                    padding: "0 5%",
-                    display: "flex",
-                    alignItems: "center",
-                    flexDirection: "column",
-                }}
-            >
-                <Message fixState={fixState} />
-
-                {fixState === FIX_STATE.RUNNING && (
-                    <>
-                        <div style={{ marginBottom: "10px" }}>
-                            <ComfySpan>
-                                {" "}
-                                {progressTracker.current} /{" "}
-                                {progressTracker.total}{" "}
-                            </ComfySpan>{" "}
-                            <span style={{ marginLeft: "10px" }}>
-                                {" "}
-                                {t("THUMBNAIL_REPLACED")}
-                            </span>
-                        </div>
-                        <div
-                            style={{
-                                width: "100%",
-                                marginTop: "10px",
-                                marginBottom: "20px",
-                            }}
-                        >
-                            <ProgressBar
-                                now={Math.round(
-                                    (progressTracker.current * 100) /
-                                        progressTracker.total,
-                                )}
-                                animated={true}
-                                variant="upload-progress-bar"
-                            />
-                        </div>
-                    </>
-                )}
-                <div
-                    style={{
-                        width: "100%",
-                        display: "flex",
-                        justifyContent: "space-around",
-                    }}
-                >
-                    {fixState === FIX_STATE.NOT_STARTED ||
-                    fixState === FIX_STATE.FIX_LATER ? (
-                        <Button
-                            block
-                            variant={"outline-secondary"}
-                            onClick={() => {
-                                updateFixState(FIX_STATE.FIX_LATER);
-                                props.hide();
-                            }}
-                        >
-                            {t("FIX_THUMBNAIL_LATER")}
-                        </Button>
-                    ) : (
-                        <Button
-                            block
-                            variant={"outline-secondary"}
-                            onClick={props.hide}
-                        >
-                            {t("CLOSE")}
-                        </Button>
-                    )}
-                    {(fixState === FIX_STATE.NOT_STARTED ||
-                        fixState === FIX_STATE.FIX_LATER ||
-                        fixState === FIX_STATE.COMPLETED_WITH_ERRORS) && (
-                        <>
-                            <div style={{ width: "30px" }} />
-
-                            <Button
-                                block
-                                variant={"outline-success"}
-                                onClick={() => startFix()}
-                            >
-                                {t("FIX_THUMBNAIL")}
-                            </Button>
-                        </>
-                    )}
-                </div>
-            </div>
-        </DialogBox>
-    );
-}
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Sidebar/UtilitySection.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Sidebar/UtilitySection.tsx
index b297f36ee..9160fe4a2 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Sidebar/UtilitySection.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Sidebar/UtilitySection.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
-import { t } from "i18next";
-import { useContext, useState } from "react";
-
-// import FixLargeThumbnails from 'components/FixLargeThumbnail';
 import RecoveryKey from "@ente/shared/components/RecoveryKey";
 import {
     ACCOUNTS_PAGES,
     PHOTOS_PAGES as PAGES,
 } from "@ente/shared/constants/pages";
 import TwoFactorModal from "components/TwoFactor/Modal";
+import { t } from "i18next";
 import { useRouter } from "next/router";
 import { AppContext } from "pages/_app";
+import { useContext, useState } from "react";
 // import mlIDbStorage from 'utils/storage/mlIDbStorage';
 import {
     configurePasskeyRecovery,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/migrateThumbnailService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/migrateThumbnailService.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ad83f4e4b..000000000
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/migrateThumbnailService.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,147 +0,0 @@
-import ComlinkCryptoWorker from "@ente/shared/crypto";
-import { DedicatedCryptoWorker } from "@ente/shared/crypto/internal/crypto.worker";
-import HTTPService from "@ente/shared/network/HTTPService";
-import { getEndpoint } from "@ente/shared/network/api";
-import { logError } from "@ente/shared/sentry";
-import { getToken } from "@ente/shared/storage/localStorage/helpers";
-import { Remote } from "comlink";
-import { SetProgressTracker } from "components/FixLargeThumbnail";
-import downloadManager from "services/download";
-import { getLocalFiles } from "services/fileService";
-import { getFileType } from "services/typeDetectionService";
-import { generateThumbnail } from "services/upload/thumbnailService";
-import uploadHttpClient from "services/upload/uploadHttpClient";
-import { S3FileAttributes } from "types/file";
-import { UploadURL } from "types/upload";
-import { getLocalTrashedFiles } from "./trashService";
-
-const ENDPOINT = getEndpoint();
-const REPLACE_THUMBNAIL_THRESHOLD = 500 * 1024; // 500KB
-export async function getLargeThumbnailFiles() {
-    try {
-        const token = getToken();
-        if (!token) {
-            return;
-        }
-        const resp = await HTTPService.get(
-            `${ENDPOINT}/files/large-thumbnails`,
-            {
-                threshold: REPLACE_THUMBNAIL_THRESHOLD,
-            },
-            {
-                "X-Auth-Token": token,
-            },
-        );
-        return resp.data.largeThumbnailFiles as number[];
-    } catch (e) {
-        logError(e, "failed to get large thumbnail files");
-        throw e;
-    }
-}
-export async function replaceThumbnail(
-    setProgressTracker: SetProgressTracker,
-    largeThumbnailFileIDs: Set<number>,
-) {
-    let completedWithError = false;
-    try {
-        const cryptoWorker = await ComlinkCryptoWorker.getInstance();
-        const files = await getLocalFiles();
-        const trashFiles = await getLocalTrashedFiles();
-        const largeThumbnailFiles = [...files, ...trashFiles].filter((file) =>
-            largeThumbnailFileIDs.has(file.id),
-        );
-        if (largeThumbnailFileIDs.size !== largeThumbnailFiles.length) {
-            logError(Error(), "all large thumbnail files not found locally");
-        }
-        if (largeThumbnailFiles.length === 0) {
-            return completedWithError;
-        }
-        setProgressTracker({ current: 0, total: largeThumbnailFiles.length });
-        const uploadURLs: UploadURL[] = [];
-        await uploadHttpClient.fetchUploadURLs(
-            largeThumbnailFiles.length,
-            uploadURLs,
-        );
-        for (const [idx, file] of largeThumbnailFiles.entries()) {
-            try {
-                setProgressTracker({
-                    current: idx,
-                    total: largeThumbnailFiles.length,
-                });
-                const originalThumbnail =
-                    await downloadManager.getThumbnail(file);
-                const dummyImageFile = new File(
-                    [originalThumbnail],
-                    file.metadata.title,
-                );
-                const fileTypeInfo = await getFileType(dummyImageFile);
-                const { thumbnail: newThumbnail } = await generateThumbnail(
-                    dummyImageFile,
-                    fileTypeInfo,
-                );
-                const newUploadedThumbnail = await uploadThumbnail(
-                    cryptoWorker,
-                    file.key,
-                    newThumbnail,
-                    uploadURLs.pop(),
-                );
-                await updateThumbnail(file.id, newUploadedThumbnail);
-            } catch (e) {
-                logError(e, "failed to replace a thumbnail");
-                completedWithError = true;
-            }
-        }
-    } catch (e) {
-        logError(e, "replace Thumbnail function failed");
-        completedWithError = true;
-    }
-    return completedWithError;
-}
-
-export async function uploadThumbnail(
-    worker: Remote<DedicatedCryptoWorker>,
-    fileKey: string,
-    updatedThumbnail: Uint8Array,
-    uploadURL: UploadURL,
-): Promise<S3FileAttributes> {
-    const { file: encryptedThumbnail } = await worker.encryptThumbnail(
-        updatedThumbnail,
-        fileKey,
-    );
-    const thumbnailObjectKey = await uploadHttpClient.putFile(
-        uploadURL,
-        encryptedThumbnail.encryptedData,
-        () => {},
-    );
-
-    return {
-        objectKey: thumbnailObjectKey,
-        decryptionHeader: encryptedThumbnail.decryptionHeader,
-    };
-}
-
-export async function updateThumbnail(
-    fileID: number,
-    newThumbnail: S3FileAttributes,
-) {
-    try {
-        const token = getToken();
-        if (!token) {
-            return;
-        }
-        await HTTPService.put(
-            `${ENDPOINT}/files/thumbnail`,
-            {
-                fileID: fileID,
-                thumbnail: newThumbnail,
-            },
-            null,
-            {
-                "X-Auth-Token": token,
-            },
-        );
-    } catch (e) {
-        logError(e, "failed to update thumbnail");
-        throw e;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/updateCreationTimeWithExif.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/updateCreationTimeWithExif.ts
index 4cc4cc3d6..387188660 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/updateCreationTimeWithExif.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/updateCreationTimeWithExif.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { logError } from "@ente/shared/sentry";
 import { FIX_OPTIONS } from "components/FixCreationTime";
-import { SetProgressTracker } from "components/FixLargeThumbnail";
 import { EnteFile } from "types/file";
 import {
     changeFileCreationTime,
@@ -21,6 +20,13 @@ const EXIF_TIME_TAGS = [
     "MetadataDate",
 ];
 
+export type SetProgressTracker = React.Dispatch<
+    React.SetStateAction<{
+        current: number;
+        total: number;
+    }>
+>;
+
 export async function updateCreationTimeWithExif(
     filesToBeUpdated: EnteFile[],
     fixOption: FIX_OPTIONS,