diff --git a/packages/backend/src/queue/processors/ImportNotesProcessorService.ts b/packages/backend/src/queue/processors/ImportNotesProcessorService.ts
index 10cd90c4a..7cef858c5 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/queue/processors/ImportNotesProcessorService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/queue/processors/ImportNotesProcessorService.ts
@@ -130,17 +130,6 @@ export class ImportNotesProcessorService {
 		return typeof obj[Symbol.iterator] === 'function';
 	}
 
-	private parseTwitterFile(str : string) : null | [{ tweet: any }] {
-		const removed = str.replace(new RegExp('window\\.YTD\\.tweets\\.part0 = ', 'g'), '');
-
-		try {
-			return JSON.parse(removed);
-		} catch (error) {
-			//The format is not what we expected. Either this file was tampered with or twitters exports changed
-			return null;
-		}
-	}
-
 	@bindThis
 	private parseTwitterFile(str : string) : { tweet: object }[] {
 		const jsonStr = str.replace(/^\s*window\.YTD\.tweets\.part0\s*=\s*/, '');