diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6f09fac9f..4f1c78db8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@
     "@uppy/core": "^2.1.4",
     "@uppy/dashboard": "^2.1.3",
     "@uppy/react": "^2.1.2",
-    "browser-image-compression": "^1.0.15",
     "countries-list": "^2.6.1",
     "date-fns": "^1.30.1",
     "debounce": "^1.2.0",
diff --git a/src/common/Form/ImageInput/ImageConverter.tsx b/src/common/Form/ImageInput/ImageConverter.tsx
index 7610246ec..483dad4e7 100644
--- a/src/common/Form/ImageInput/ImageConverter.tsx
+++ b/src/common/Form/ImageInput/ImageConverter.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
-import imageCompression from 'browser-image-compression'
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { Flex } from 'theme-ui'
 
 import type { IConvertedFileMeta } from 'src/types'
@@ -10,17 +9,10 @@ interface IProps {
   onImgClicked: (meta: IConvertedFileMeta) => void
 }
 interface IState {
-  compressionOptions: Parameters<typeof imageCompression>[1]
   convertedFile?: IConvertedFileMeta
   openLightbox?: boolean
 }
 
-const imageSizes = {
-  low: 640,
-  normal: 1280,
-  high: 1920,
-}
-
 const _generateFileMeta = (c: File) => {
   const meta: IConvertedFileMeta = {
     name: addTimestampToFileName(c.name),
@@ -32,12 +24,7 @@ const _generateFileMeta = (c: File) => {
 }
 
 export const ImageConverter = (props: IProps) => {
-  const [state, setState] = useState<IState>({
-    compressionOptions: {
-      maxWidthOrHeight: imageSizes.normal,
-      initialQuality: 0.75,
-    },
-  })
+  const [state, setState] = useState<IState>({})
   const { convertedFile } = state
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -51,11 +38,8 @@ export const ImageConverter = (props: IProps) => {
   }, [])
 
   const compressFiles = async (file: File) => {
-    const { compressionOptions } = state
-
     // by default compress takes an array and gives back an array. We only want to handle a single image
-    const conversion: File = await imageCompression(file, compressionOptions)
-    const convertedMeta = _generateFileMeta(conversion)
+    const convertedMeta = _generateFileMeta(file)
     setState((state) => ({
       ...state,
       convertedFile: convertedMeta,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 59f83f31e..ff5a28295 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -14363,16 +14363,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"browser-image-compression@npm:^1.0.15":
-  version: 1.0.17
-  resolution: "browser-image-compression@npm:1.0.17"
-  dependencies:
-    core-js: ^3.16.1
-    uzip: 0.20201231.0
-  checksum: 200d6731486d45aebc96f3251aca19d269a9b8d7721e1a1eb31f573c03415a070ac936dd108a6e698ff2252a001ffa3bcf80f3c30b6b9bdde425bd684640bab4
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "browser-process-hrtime@npm:^1.0.0":
   version: 1.0.0
   resolution: "browser-process-hrtime@npm:1.0.0"
@@ -15896,7 +15886,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"core-js@npm:^3.16.1, core-js@npm:^3.19.2, core-js@npm:^3.23.3":
+"core-js@npm:^3.19.2, core-js@npm:^3.23.3":
   version: 3.28.0
   resolution: "core-js@npm:3.28.0"
   checksum: 3155fd0ec16d0089106b145e9595280a4ea4bde0d7ff26aa14364cd4f1c203baf6620c3025acd284f363d08b9f21104101692766ca9a36ffeee7307bdf3e1881
@@ -28040,7 +28030,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@uppy/dashboard": ^2.1.3
     "@uppy/react": ^2.1.2
     all-contributors-cli: ^6.20.0
-    browser-image-compression: ^1.0.15
     buffer: ^6.0.3
     chai-subset: ^1.6.0
     commitizen: ^4.2.4