diff --git a/src/Content/Item.php b/src/Content/Item.php
index 1bf3e68726..87d719719b 100644
--- a/src/Content/Item.php
+++ b/src/Content/Item.php
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ class Item
 			$post['deny_cid']  = $owner['deny_cid'];
 			$post['deny_gid']  = $owner['deny_gid'];
 		}
-		
+
 		if ($post['allow_gid'] || $post['allow_cid'] || $post['deny_gid'] || $post['deny_cid']) {
 			$post['private'] = ItemModel::PRIVATE;
 		} elseif ($this->pConfig->get($post['uid'], 'system', 'unlisted')) {
@@ -1011,7 +1011,6 @@ class Item
 		// Convert links with empty descriptions to links without an explicit description
 		$post['body'] = trim(preg_replace('#\[url=([^\]]*?)\]\[/url\]#ism', '[url]$1[/url]', $post['body']));
 		$post['body'] = $this->bbCodeVideo->transform($post['body']);
-		$post['body'] = BBCode::scaleExternalImages($post['body']);
 		$post = $this->setObjectType($post);
 
 		// Personal notes must never be altered to a forum post.
diff --git a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
index e95ed06759..c6fd7f8c5e 100644
--- a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
+++ b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
@@ -489,72 +489,6 @@ class BBCode
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * This function changing the visual size (not the real size) of images.
-	 * The function does not work for pictures with an alternate text description.
-	 * This could only be changed by using some new "img" BBCode format.
-	 *
-	 * @param string $srctext The body with images
-	 * @return string The body with possibly scaled images
-	 */
-	public static function scaleExternalImages(string $srctext): string
-	{
-		DI::profiler()->startRecording('rendering');
-		$s = $srctext;
-
-		// Simplify image links
-		$s = preg_replace("/\[img\=([0-9]*)x([0-9]*)\](.*?)\[\/img\]/ism", '[img]$3[/img]', $s);
-
-		$matches = null;
-		$c = preg_match_all('/\[img.*?\](.*?)\[\/img\]/ism', $s, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);
-		if ($c) {
-			foreach ($matches as $mtch) {
-				Logger::debug('scale_external_image', ['image' => $mtch[1]]);
-
-				$hostname = str_replace('www.', '', substr(DI::baseUrl(), strpos(DI::baseUrl(), '://') + 3));
-				if (stristr($mtch[1], $hostname)) {
-					continue;
-				}
-
-				$curlResult = DI::httpClient()->get($mtch[1], HttpClientAccept::IMAGE);
-				if (!$curlResult->isSuccess()) {
-					continue;
-				}
-
-				Logger::debug('Got picture', ['Content-Type' => $curlResult->getHeader('Content-Type'), 'url' => $mtch[1]]);
-
-				$i = $curlResult->getBody();
-				$type = $curlResult->getContentType();
-				$type = Images::getMimeTypeByData($i, $mtch[1], $type);
-
-				if ($i) {
-					$Image = new Image($i, $type);
-					if ($Image->isValid()) {
-						$orig_width = $Image->getWidth();
-						$orig_height = $Image->getHeight();
-
-						if ($orig_width > 640 || $orig_height > 640) {
-							$Image->scaleDown(640);
-							$new_width = $Image->getWidth();
-							$new_height = $Image->getHeight();
-							Logger::debug('External images scaled', ['orig_width' => $orig_width, 'new_width' => $new_width, 'orig_height' => $orig_height, 'new_height' => $new_height, 'match' => $mtch[0]]);
-							$s = str_replace(
-								$mtch[0],
-								'[img=' . $new_width . 'x' . $new_height. ']' . $mtch[1] . '[/img]'
-								. "\n",
-								$s
-							);
-							Logger::debug('New string', ['image' => $s]);
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		DI::profiler()->stopRecording();
-		return $s;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Truncates imported message body string length to max_import_size
 	 *
diff --git a/src/Content/Text/Markdown.php b/src/Content/Text/Markdown.php
index 5e4db77605..33e023bc03 100644
--- a/src/Content/Text/Markdown.php
+++ b/src/Content/Text/Markdown.php
@@ -145,9 +145,6 @@ class Markdown
 		// remove duplicate adjacent code tags
 		$s = preg_replace('/(\[code\])+(.*?)(\[\/code\])+/ism', '[code]$2[/code]', $s);
 
-		// Don't show link to full picture (until it is fixed)
-		$s = BBCode::scaleExternalImages($s);
-
 		DI::profiler()->stopRecording();
 		return $s;
 	}