diff --git a/lib/disk_space.rb b/lib/disk_space.rb
index c7ee672cc0b..6ddb9365fc1 100644
--- a/lib/disk_space.rb
+++ b/lib/disk_space.rb
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@
 
 class DiskSpace
   def self.uploads_used_bytes
-    if Discourse.store.external?
-      Upload.sum(:filesize).to_i + OptimizedImage.sum(:filesize).to_i
-    else
-      used(uploads_path)
-    end
+    Upload.sum(:filesize).to_i + OptimizedImage.sum(:filesize).to_i
   end
 
   def self.uploads_free_bytes