diff --git a/src/interfaces/Nip94Metadata.ts b/src/interfaces/Nip94Metadata.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6069ac31..00000000
--- a/src/interfaces/Nip94Metadata.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Required fields of NIP-94 metadata for images.
- * Contains the following fields:
- * * `url` - required, the URL to of the file
- * * `m` - required, the file mimetype.
- */
-export type Nip94MetadataRequired = Record<'url' | 'm', string>;
-
-/**
- * Optional fields of NIP-94 metadata for images.
- * Contains the following fields:
- * * `x` - sha-256 hash
- * * `ox` - sha-256 hash
- * * `dim` - image dimensions in ${w}x${h} format
- * * `blurhash` - the blurhash for the image. useful for image previews etc
- * * `cid` - the ipfs cid of the image.
- */
-export type Nip94MetadataOptional = Partial<Record<'x' | 'ox' | 'size' | 'dim' | 'blurhash' | 'cid', string>>;
-
-/**
- * NIP-94 metadata for images.
- * Contains the following fields:
- * * `url` - required, the URL to of the file
- * * `m` - required, the file mimetype.
- * * `x` - sha-256 hash
- * * `ox` - sha-256 hash
- * * `dim` - image dimensions in ${w}x${h} format
- * * `blurhash` - the blurhash for the image. useful for image previews etc
- * * `cid` - the ipfs cid of the image.
- */
-export type Nip94Metadata = Nip94MetadataOptional & Nip94MetadataRequired;
diff --git a/src/uploaders/S3Uploader.ts b/src/uploaders/S3Uploader.ts
index c784cdab..b74796ab 100644
--- a/src/uploaders/S3Uploader.ts
+++ b/src/uploaders/S3Uploader.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ export class S3Uploader implements NUploader {
     const { pathStyle, bucket } = Conf.s3;
 
     const path = (pathStyle && bucket) ? join(bucket, filename) : filename;
-
     const url = new URL(path, Conf.mediaDomain).toString();
 
     return [
diff --git a/src/utils/image-metadata.ts b/src/utils/image-metadata.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 4429cc7a..00000000
--- a/src/utils/image-metadata.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-import sharp from 'sharp';
-import { encode } from 'blurhash';
-import { encodeHex } from '@std/encoding/hex';
-import type { Nip94MetadataOptional } from '@/interfaces/Nip94Metadata.ts';
-import { Stickynotes } from '@soapbox/stickynotes';
-
-const console = new Stickynotes('ditto:uploaders');
-
-export async function getOptionalNip94Metadata(f: File): Promise<Nip94MetadataOptional> {
-  const tags: Nip94MetadataOptional = {};
-  try {
-    const buffer = await new Response(f.stream()).bytes();
-    const hash = await crypto.subtle.digest('SHA-256', buffer).then(encodeHex);
-    tags.x = tags.ox = hash;
-    const img = sharp(buffer);
-    const metadata = await img.metadata();
-
-    if (metadata.width && metadata.height) {
-      tags.dim = `${metadata.width}x${metadata.height}`;
-      const pixels = await img
-        .raw()
-        .ensureAlpha()
-        .toBuffer({ resolveWithObject: true })
-        .then((buf) => {
-          return new Uint8ClampedArray(buf.data);
-        });
-      tags.blurhash = encode(
-        pixels,
-        metadata.width,
-        metadata.height,
-        // sane default from https://github.com/woltapp/blurhash readme
-        4,
-        4,
-      );
-    }
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.error(`Error parsing ipfs metadata: ${e}`);
-  }
-
-  return tags;
-}
diff --git a/src/utils/upload.ts b/src/utils/upload.ts
index 9f4c90a4..df0be70b 100644
--- a/src/utils/upload.ts
+++ b/src/utils/upload.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import { HTTPException } from '@hono/hono/http-exception';
+import { Stickynotes } from '@soapbox/stickynotes';
+import { crypto } from '@std/crypto';
+import { encodeHex } from '@std/encoding/hex';
+import { encode } from 'blurhash';
+import sharp from 'sharp';
 
 import { AppContext } from '@/app.ts';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { DittoUpload, dittoUploads } from '@/DittoUploads.ts';
-import { getOptionalNip94Metadata } from '@/utils/image-metadata.ts';
-import type { Nip94MetadataOptional } from '@/interfaces/Nip94Metadata.ts';
-import { encodeHex } from '@std/encoding/hex';
+
+const console = new Stickynotes('ditto:uploader');
 
 interface FileMeta {
   pubkey: string;
@@ -33,30 +37,50 @@ export async function uploadFile(
   }
 
   const tags = await uploader.upload(file, { signal });
-  const tagMap = tags.reduce((map, value) => map.set(value[0], value.slice(1)), new Map<string, string[]>());
-
   const url = tags[0][1];
 
   if (description) {
     tags.push(['alt', description]);
   }
 
-  let metadata: Nip94MetadataOptional | undefined;
-  if (!tagMap.has('dim')) {
-    // blurhash needs us to call sharp() anyway to decode the image data.
-    // all getOptionalNip94Metadata does is call these in sequence, plus
-    // one extra sha256 which is whatever (and actually does come in handy later.)
-    metadata ??= await getOptionalNip94Metadata(file);
-    tags.push(['dim', metadata.dim!]);
-    if (!tagMap.has('blurhash')) {
-      tags.push(['blurhash', metadata.blurhash!]);
-    }
+  const x = tags.find(([key]) => key === 'x')?.[1];
+  const m = tags.find(([key]) => key === 'm')?.[1];
+  const dim = tags.find(([key]) => key === 'dim')?.[1];
+  const blurhash = tags.find(([key]) => key === 'blurhash')?.[1];
+
+  if (!x) {
+    const sha256 = encodeHex(await crypto.subtle.digest('SHA-256', file.stream()));
+    tags.push(['x', sha256]);
   }
-  if (!tagMap.has('x') || !tagMap.has('ox')) {
-    const hash = metadata?.x ||
-      await crypto.subtle.digest('SHA-256', await new Response(file.stream()).bytes()).then(encodeHex);
-    tags.push(['x', hash!]);
-    tags.push(['ox', hash!]);
+
+  if (!m) {
+    tags.push(['m', file.type]);
+  }
+
+  if (!blurhash || !dim) {
+    try {
+      const bytes = await new Response(file.stream()).bytes();
+      const img = sharp(bytes);
+
+      const { width, height } = await img.metadata();
+
+      if (!dim && (width && height)) {
+        tags.push(['dim', `${width}x${height}`]);
+      }
+
+      if (!blurhash && (width && height)) {
+        const pixels = await img
+          .raw()
+          .ensureAlpha()
+          .toBuffer({ resolveWithObject: false })
+          .then((buffer) => new Uint8ClampedArray(buffer));
+
+        const blurhash = encode(pixels, width, height, 4, 4);
+        tags.push(['blurhash', blurhash]);
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(`Error parsing image metadata: ${e}`);
+    }
   }
 
   const upload = {