diff --git a/src/api/models/drive-file.ts b/src/api/models/drive-file.ts
index 976c97e188..802ee5a5fe 100644
--- a/src/api/models/drive-file.ts
+++ b/src/api/models/drive-file.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ import monkDb, { nativeDbConn } from '../../db/mongodb';
 
 const collection = monkDb.get('drive_files.files');
 
-(collection as any).createIndex('md5'); // fuck type definition
-
 export default collection as any; // fuck type definition
 
 const getGridFSBucket = async (): Promise<mongodb.GridFSBucket> => {