diff --git a/server/core/lib/activitypub/videos/updater.ts b/server/core/lib/activitypub/videos/updater.ts
index a004da67d..a8d1558fb 100644
--- a/server/core/lib/activitypub/videos/updater.ts
+++ b/server/core/lib/activitypub/videos/updater.ts
@@ -49,15 +49,11 @@ export class APVideoUpdater extends APVideoAbstractBuilder {
     try {
       const channelActor = await this.getOrCreateVideoChannelFromVideoObject()
 
-      const thumbnailModel = await this.setThumbnail(this.video)
-
       this.checkChannelUpdateOrThrow(channelActor)
 
       const oldState = this.video.state
       const videoUpdated = await this.updateVideo(channelActor.VideoChannel, undefined, overrideTo)
 
-      if (thumbnailModel) await videoUpdated.addAndSaveThumbnail(thumbnailModel)
-
       await runInReadCommittedTransaction(async t => {
         await this.setWebVideoFiles(videoUpdated, t)
         await this.setStreamingPlaylists(videoUpdated, t)