diff --git a/app/logical/upload_service/preprocessor.rb b/app/logical/upload_service/preprocessor.rb
index a90444df5..c9d397299 100644
--- a/app/logical/upload_service/preprocessor.rb
+++ b/app/logical/upload_service/preprocessor.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ class UploadService
   class Preprocessor
     extend Memoist
 
-    attr_reader :params, :original_post_id
+    attr_reader :params
 
     def initialize(params)
-      @original_post_id = params.delete(:original_post_id) || -1
       @params = params
     end
 
@@ -21,17 +20,6 @@ class UploadService
       params[:referer_url]
     end
 
-    def strategy
-      Sources::Strategies.find(source, referer_url)
-    end
-    memoize :strategy
-
-    # When searching posts we have to use the canonical source
-    def canonical_source
-      strategy.canonical_url
-    end
-    memoize :canonical_source
-
     def in_progress?
       if md5.present?
         Upload.exists?(status: "preprocessing", md5: md5)
@@ -62,8 +50,6 @@ class UploadService
     end
 
     def start!
-      raise NotImplementedError, "No login credentials configured for #{strategy.site_name}." unless strategy.class.enabled?
-
       params[:rating] ||= "q"
       params[:tag_string] ||= "tagme"
       upload = Upload.create!(params)
@@ -72,7 +58,7 @@ class UploadService
         upload.update(status: "preprocessing")
 
         file = Utils.get_file_for_upload(upload.source_url, upload.referer_url, params[:file]&.tempfile)
-        Utils.process_file(upload, file, original_post_id: original_post_id)
+        Utils.process_file(upload, file)
 
         upload.rating = params[:rating]
         upload.tag_string = params[:tag_string]
diff --git a/app/logical/upload_service/utils.rb b/app/logical/upload_service/utils.rb
index 1092f70f9..8e57127f5 100644
--- a/app/logical/upload_service/utils.rb
+++ b/app/logical/upload_service/utils.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class UploadService
       source =~ %r{\Ahttps?://}
     end
 
-    def process_file(upload, file, original_post_id: nil)
+    def process_file(upload, file)
       media_file = MediaFile.open(file)
 
       upload.file = media_file
diff --git a/test/unit/upload_service_test.rb b/test/unit/upload_service_test.rb
index aa86d5a80..e8226b851 100644
--- a/test/unit/upload_service_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/upload_service_test.rb
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ class UploadServiceTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
         @upload = FactoryBot.build(:jpg_upload)
       end
 
-      context "with an original_post_id" do
-        should "run" do
-          UploadService::Utils.process_file(@upload, @upload.file.tempfile, original_post_id: 12345)
-        end
-      end
-
       should "run" do
         UploadService::Utils.process_file(@upload, @upload.file.tempfile)
         assert_equal("jpg", @upload.file_ext)
@@ -723,7 +717,7 @@ class UploadServiceTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
         assert_equal(true, upload.valid?)
         assert_equal("s", upload.rating)
-        assert_equal("rating:safe blah ", upload.tag_string)
+        assert_equal("rating:safe blah", upload.tag_string)
 
         assert_equal("s", upload.post.rating)
         assert_equal("blah", upload.post.tag_string)