diff --git a/src/dc_msg.c b/src/dc_msg.c
index 3f7f5347..f11d7501 100644
--- a/src/dc_msg.c
+++ b/src/dc_msg.c
@@ -1724,45 +1724,6 @@ void dc_delete_msg_from_db(dc_context_t* context, uint32_t msg_id)
 	sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
 	stmt = NULL;
 
-	char* pathNfilename = dc_param_get(msg->param, DC_PARAM_FILE, NULL);
-	if (pathNfilename) {
-		if (strncmp("$BLOBDIR", pathNfilename, 8)==0)
-		{
-			char* strLikeFilename = dc_mprintf("%%f=%s%%", pathNfilename);
-			stmt = dc_sqlite3_prepare(context->sql,
-				"SELECT id FROM msgs WHERE type!=? AND param LIKE ?;"); /* if this gets too slow, an index over "type" should help. */
-			sqlite3_bind_int (stmt, 1, DC_MSG_TEXT);
-			sqlite3_bind_text(stmt, 2, strLikeFilename, -1, SQLITE_STATIC);
-			int file_used_by_other_msgs = (sqlite3_step(stmt)==SQLITE_ROW)? 1 : 0;
-			free(strLikeFilename);
-			sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
-			stmt = NULL;
-
-			if (!file_used_by_other_msgs)
-			{
-				dc_delete_file(context, pathNfilename);
-
-				char* increation_file = dc_mprintf("%s.increation", pathNfilename);
-				dc_delete_file(context, increation_file);
-				free(increation_file);
-
-				char* filenameOnly = dc_get_filename(pathNfilename);
-				if (msg->type==DC_MSG_VOICE) {
-					char* waveform_file = dc_mprintf("%s/%s.waveform", context->blobdir, filenameOnly);
-					dc_delete_file(context, waveform_file);
-					free(waveform_file);
-				}
-				else if (msg->type==DC_MSG_VIDEO) {
-					char* preview_file = dc_mprintf("%s/%s-preview.jpg", context->blobdir, filenameOnly);
-					dc_delete_file(context, preview_file);
-					free(preview_file);
-				}
-				free(filenameOnly);
-			}
-		}
-		free(pathNfilename);
-	}
-
 cleanup:
 	sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
 	dc_msg_unref(msg);