diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/upload_files/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/upload_files/index.ts
index 36169b5c4..643d758d4 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/upload_files/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/upload_files/index.ts
@@ -110,13 +110,9 @@ export const uploadFileRequestResolver = authorized<
       input.contentType
     )
 
-    const publicUrl = getFilePublicUrl(uploadFilePathName)
-
-    // If this is a file URL, we swap in the GCS public URL
     if (isFileUrl(input.url)) {
       await authTrx(async (tx) => {
         await tx.getRepository(UploadFile).update(uploadFileId, {
-          url: publicUrl,
           status: UploadFileStatus.Initialized,
         })
       })
@@ -142,7 +138,7 @@ export const uploadFileRequestResolver = authorized<
         const uploadFileId = uploadFileData.id
         const item = await createLibraryItem(
           {
-            originalUrl: isFileUrl(input.url) ? publicUrl : input.url,
+            originalUrl: input.url,
             id: input.clientRequestId || undefined,
             user: { id: uid },
             title,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts
index 1cfeb1ff8..2d31b525f 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ const storage = env.fileUpload?.gcsUploadSAKeyFilePath
   : new Storage()
 const bucketName = env.fileUpload.gcsUploadBucket
 
-export const getFilePublicUrl = (filePathName: string): string => {
-  return storage.bucket(bucketName).file(filePathName).publicUrl()
-}
-
 export const countOfFilesWithPrefix = async (prefix: string) => {
   const [files] = await storage.bucket(bucketName).getFiles({ prefix })
   return files.length