diff --git a/backend/src/app/rpc/mutations/media.clj b/backend/src/app/rpc/mutations/media.clj
index 8cb0bda1d..ed9e8acea 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/rpc/mutations/media.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/rpc/mutations/media.clj
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
         (sto/put-object {:content (sto/content data)
                          :content-type mtype
                          :reference :file-media-object
-                         :touched-at (dt/now)
                          :expired-at (dt/in-future {:minutes 30})}))))
 
 ;; NOTE: we use the `on conflict do update` instead of `do nothing`