diff --git a/picture-gallery-server/src/fsExtension.ts b/picture-gallery-server/src/fsExtension.ts
index 042c972..69f6fd0 100644
--- a/picture-gallery-server/src/fsExtension.ts
+++ b/picture-gallery-server/src/fsExtension.ts
@@ -1,34 +1,14 @@
 import fs from "fs";
 import * as path from "path";
-import sharp from "sharp";
 import { Folders } from "./models";
 import { publicPath, thumbnailPath } from "./paths";
-import { consoleLogger } from "./logging";
-
-const isImageProcessable = async (filePath: string): Promise<boolean> =>
-  sharp(filePath)
-    .metadata()
-    .then(() => true)
-    .catch((err) => {
-      consoleLogger.error(
-        `Reading metadata from ${filePath} produced the following error: ${err.message}`,
-      );
-      return false;
-    });
 
 export const walk = async (dirPath: string): Promise<Folders> => {
   const dirEnts = fs.readdirSync(path.posix.join(publicPath, dirPath), {
     withFileTypes: true,
   });
 
-  const numberOfFiles = (
-    await Promise.all(
-      dirEnts
-        .filter((f) => f.isFile())
-        .map((f) => path.posix.join(publicPath, dirPath, f.name))
-        .map(isImageProcessable),
-    )
-  ).filter((a) => a).length;
+  const numberOfFiles = dirEnts.filter((f) => f.isFile()).length;
 
   const children = await Promise.all(
     dirEnts