diff --git a/app/Jobs/MediaPipeline/MediaDeletePipeline.php b/app/Jobs/MediaPipeline/MediaDeletePipeline.php
index f44d080ce..45a5029a8 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/MediaPipeline/MediaDeletePipeline.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/MediaPipeline/MediaDeletePipeline.php
@@ -38,12 +38,8 @@ class MediaDeletePipeline implements ShouldQueue
 
 		if(config_cache('pixelfed.cloud_storage') == true) {
 			$disk = Storage::disk(config('filesystems.cloud'));
-			if($disk->exists($path)) {
 				$disk->delete($path);
-			}
-			if($disk->exists($thumb)) {
 				$disk->delete($thumb);
-			}
 
 			if(count($e) > 4 && count($disk->files($i)) == 0) {
 				$disk->deleteDirectory($i);