diff --git a/files/helpers/regex.py b/files/helpers/regex.py
index fd94befcf..18973ab6a 100644
--- a/files/helpers/regex.py
+++ b/files/helpers/regex.py
@@ -125,8 +125,6 @@ image_sub_regex = re.compile(f'(?<!")(https:\/\/[\w\-.#&/=\?@%;+,:]{{5,250}}(\.|
 image_regex_extensions_no_gif = image_regex_extensions.replace('|gif', '')
 imgur_regex = re.compile(f'^(https:\/\/i\.imgur\.com\/[a-z0-9]+)\.({image_regex_extensions_no_gif})', flags=re.I|re.A)
 
-giphy_regex = re.compile('(https:\/\/media\.giphy\.com\/media\/[a-z0-9]+\/giphy)\.gif', flags=re.I|re.A)
-
 rumble_regex = re.compile('https://rumble\.com/embed/([a-zA-Z0-9]*)(/\?pub=([a-zA-Z0-9]*))?', flags=re.I|re.A)
 
 twitch_regex = re.compile('(https:\/\/)?(www\.)?twitch.tv\/(.*)', flags=re.I|re.A)
diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index 22a139557..9cd8169f0 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -787,8 +787,6 @@ def normalize_url(url):
 	if url.endswith('.amp'):
 		url = url.split('.amp')[0]
 
-	url = giphy_regex.sub(r'\1.webp', url)
-
 	if not url.startswith('/') and not url.startswith('https://rdrama.net') and not url.startswith('https://watchpeopledie.tv'):
 		try: parsed_url = urlparse(url)
 		except: