diff --git a/src/posts/edit.js b/src/posts/edit.js
index bb651e0dfa..4c57c2c38e 100644
--- a/src/posts/edit.js
+++ b/src/posts/edit.js
@@ -123,11 +123,6 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 			newTopicData.slug = tid + '/' + (slugify(title) || 'topic');
 		}
 
-		if (data.thumb) {
-			await topics.thumbs.resizeAndUpload(data);
-			newTopicData.thumb = data.thumb;
-		}
-
 		data.tags = data.tags || [];
 
 		if (data.tags.length) {
diff --git a/src/topics/create.js b/src/topics/create.js
index cadee2fa0c..aacee91432 100644
--- a/src/topics/create.js
+++ b/src/topics/create.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 	Topics.create = async function (data) {
 		// This is an internal method, consider using Topics.post instead
 		const timestamp = data.timestamp || Date.now();
-		await Topics.thumbs.resizeAndUpload(data);
 
 		const tid = await db.incrObjectField('global', 'nextTid');