diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/thumbnails.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/thumbnails.cljs
index 63e288f3cb..bcbf8c0bc9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/thumbnails.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/thumbnails.cljs
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@
                       (rx/merge
                        ;; Update the local copy of the thumbnails so we don't need to request it again
                        (rx/of #(update % :workspace-thumbnails assoc object-id data))
-                       (->> (rx/timer 5000)
-                            (rx/flat-map #(rp/cmd! :upsert-file-object-thumbnail params))
+                       (->> (rx/flat-map #(rp/cmd! :upsert-file-object-thumbnail params))
                             (rx/catch #(rx/empty))
                             (rx/ignore))))