diff --git a/mobile/lib/presentation/widgets/images/remote_image_provider.dart b/mobile/lib/presentation/widgets/images/remote_image_provider.dart
index 8a51e0ad77..c07bce1c2e 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/presentation/widgets/images/remote_image_provider.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/presentation/widgets/images/remote_image_provider.dart
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ class RemoteThumbProvider extends ImageProvider<RemoteThumbProvider> with Cancel
 
   @override
   ImageStreamCompleter loadImage(RemoteThumbProvider key, ImageDecoderCallback decode) {
-    final cache = cacheManager ?? RemoteImageCacheManager();
     return OneFramePlaceholderImageStreamCompleter(
-      _codec(key, cache, decode),
+      _codec(key, decode),
       informationCollector: () => <DiagnosticsNode>[
         DiagnosticsProperty<ImageProvider>('Image provider', this),
         DiagnosticsProperty<String>('Asset Id', key.assetId),
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ class RemoteThumbProvider extends ImageProvider<RemoteThumbProvider> with Cancel
     );
   }
 
-  Stream<ImageInfo> _codec(RemoteThumbProvider key, CacheManager cache, ImageDecoderCallback decode) async* {
+  Stream<ImageInfo> _codec(RemoteThumbProvider key, ImageDecoderCallback decode) async* {
     final preview = getThumbnailUrlForRemoteId(key.assetId);
     final request = this.request = RemoteImageRequest(uri: preview, headers: ApiService.getRequestHeaders());
     try {