diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view-image.tsx b/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view-image.tsx
index 5e43502503..f15640e00e 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view-image.tsx
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view-image.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
 import { useProjectContext } from '../../../shared/context/project-context'
-import { debugConsole } from '@/utils/debugging'
 import { BinaryFile } from '@/features/file-view/types/binary-file'
-import useAbortController from '@/shared/hooks/use-abort-controller'
 
 export default function FileViewImage({
   file,
@@ -14,70 +11,12 @@ export default function FileViewImage({
   onError: () => void
 }) {
   const { projectId } = useProjectContext()
-
-  const urlPath = `/project/${projectId}/blob/${file.hash}`
-  const extension = file.name.split('.')?.pop()?.toLowerCase()
-
-  if (extension === 'svg') {
-    return (
-      <SVGRenderer
-        url={urlPath}
-        onLoad={onLoad}
-        onError={onError}
-        alt={file.name}
-      />
-    )
-  } else {
-    return (
-      <img src={urlPath} onLoad={onLoad} onError={onError} alt={file.name} />
-    )
-  }
-}
-
-type SVGRendererProps = {
-  url: string
-  alt: string
-  onLoad: () => void
-  onError: () => void
-}
-
-function SVGRenderer({ url, alt, onLoad, onError }: SVGRendererProps) {
-  const { signal } = useAbortController()
-  const [objectUrl, setObjectUrl] = useState<string | null>(null)
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    let blobUrl: string | null = null
-    setObjectUrl(null)
-    fetch(url, { signal })
-      .then(res => {
-        if (!res.ok) {
-          throw new Error(`Error fetching SVG: ${res.statusText}`)
-        }
-        return res.arrayBuffer()
-      })
-      .then(buffer => {
-        const blob = new Blob([buffer], { type: 'image/svg+xml' })
-        blobUrl = URL.createObjectURL(blob)
-        setObjectUrl(blobUrl)
-      })
-      .catch(err => {
-        if (signal.aborted) return
-        debugConsole.error('Unable to render SVG', err)
-        onError()
-      })
-
-    return () => {
-      if (blobUrl) {
-        // URL.createObjectURL() allocates memory that is not garbage-collected automatically,
-        // we're explicitly releasing it on effect cleanup.
-        URL.revokeObjectURL(blobUrl)
-      }
-    }
-  }, [url, onError, signal])
-
-  if (!objectUrl) {
-    return null
-  }
-
-  return <img src={objectUrl} onLoad={onLoad} onError={onError} alt={alt} />
+  return (
+    <img
+      src={`/project/${projectId}/blob/${file.hash}`}
+      onLoad={onLoad}
+      onError={onError}
+      alt={file.name}
+    />
+  )
 }
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view.tsx b/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view.tsx
index 0a40178a87..172efd773c 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view.tsx
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import LoadingSpinner from '@/shared/components/loading-spinner'
 import getMeta from '@/utils/meta'
 import { BinaryFile } from '../types/binary-file'
 
-const imageExtensions = ['png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif', 'svg']
+const imageExtensions = ['png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif']
 
 export default function FileView({ file }: { file: BinaryFile }) {
   const [contentLoading, setContentLoading] = useState(true)
diff --git a/services/web/test/frontend/features/file-view/components/file-view-image.test.tsx b/services/web/test/frontend/features/file-view/components/file-view-image.test.tsx
index 90ecd081ae..7a2486a0b2 100644
--- a/services/web/test/frontend/features/file-view/components/file-view-image.test.tsx
+++ b/services/web/test/frontend/features/file-view/components/file-view-image.test.tsx
@@ -1,70 +1,14 @@
-import { expect } from 'chai'
-import { screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react'
-import sinon from 'sinon'
-import fetchMock from 'fetch-mock'
+import { screen } from '@testing-library/react'
 
 import { renderWithEditorContext } from '../../../helpers/render-with-context'
 import FileViewImage from '../../../../../frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view-image'
 import { imageFile } from '../util/files'
-import type { BinaryFile } from '@/features/file-view/types/binary-file'
-
-const svgFile: BinaryFile<'project_file'> = {
-  ...imageFile,
-  name: 'diagram.svg',
-}
-
-const svgContent =
-  '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><circle r="10"/></svg>'
 
 describe('<FileViewImage />', function () {
-  beforeEach(function () {
-    URL.createObjectURL = sinon.stub().returns('blob:fake-url')
-    URL.revokeObjectURL = sinon.stub()
-  })
-
-  afterEach(function () {
-    fetchMock.removeRoutes().clearHistory()
-  })
-
-  it('renders a non-SVG img', function () {
+  it('renders an image', function () {
     renderWithEditorContext(
       <FileViewImage file={imageFile} onError={() => {}} onLoad={() => {}} />
     )
     screen.getByRole('img')
   })
-
-  it('fetches and renders SVG in an img tag via blob URL', async function () {
-    fetchMock.get('express:/project/:project_id/blob/:hash', svgContent)
-
-    renderWithEditorContext(
-      <FileViewImage file={svgFile} onError={() => {}} onLoad={() => {}} />
-    )
-
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      const img = screen.getByRole('img')
-      expect(img.getAttribute('src')).to.equal('blob:fake-url')
-    })
-    const createObjectURLStub = URL.createObjectURL as sinon.SinonStub
-    expect(createObjectURLStub.calledOnce).to.be.true
-    const blob = createObjectURLStub.firstCall.args[0]
-    expect(blob).to.be.instanceOf(Blob)
-    expect(blob.type).to.equal('image/svg+xml')
-  })
-
-  it('calls onError when SVG fetch fails', async function () {
-    fetchMock.get('express:/project/:project_id/blob/:hash', {
-      throws: new Error('Network error'),
-    })
-    const onError = sinon.stub()
-
-    renderWithEditorContext(
-      <FileViewImage file={svgFile} onLoad={() => {}} onError={onError} />
-    )
-
-    await waitFor(() => {
-      sinon.assert.calledOnce(onError)
-    })
-
-    expect(screen.queryByRole('img')).to.not.exist
-  })
 })