diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0446b8226a..f630c487a4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     "mime": "^1.3.4",
     "minimist": "^1.1.1",
     "mkdirp": "~0.5.0",
-    "mmmagic": "^0.4.0",
     "morgan": "^1.3.2",
     "nconf": "~0.8.2",
     "nodebb-plugin-composer-default": "1.0.21",
diff --git a/src/file.js b/src/file.js
index 4dc258aa37..01a40ee6bd 100644
--- a/src/file.js
+++ b/src/file.js
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 	nconf = require('nconf'),
 	path = require('path'),
 	winston = require('winston'),
-	mmmagic = require('mmmagic'),
-	Magic = mmmagic.Magic,
 	mime = require('mime'),
 	jimp = require('jimp'),