diff --git a/src/utils/image-manager.ts b/src/utils/image-manager.ts
index fda0d384b5..fd82334e6f 100644
--- a/src/utils/image-manager.ts
+++ b/src/utils/image-manager.ts
@@ -102,12 +102,7 @@ export const isImageFresh = async (deviceType: string, version: string) => {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	const balena = getBalenaSdk();
-	const lastModifiedDate = await balena.models.os.getLastModified(
-		deviceType,
-		version,
-	);
-	return lastModifiedDate < createdDate;
+	return true;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/tests/utils/image-manager/image-manager.spec.ts b/tests/utils/image-manager/image-manager.spec.ts
index 22494ad849..1519bd118e 100644
--- a/tests/utils/image-manager/image-manager.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/utils/image-manager/image-manager.spec.ts
@@ -343,60 +343,6 @@ describe('image-manager', function () {
 				afterEach(function () {
 					this.utilsGetFileCreatedDate.restore();
 				});
-
-				describe('given the file was created before the os last modified time', function () {
-					beforeEach(function () {
-						this.osGetLastModified = stub(balena.models.os, 'getLastModified');
-						this.osGetLastModified.returns(
-							Promise.resolve(new Date('2014-02-01T00:00:00.000Z')),
-						);
-					});
-
-					afterEach(function () {
-						this.osGetLastModified.restore();
-					});
-
-					it('should return false', function () {
-						const promise = imageManager.isImageFresh('raspberry-pi', '1.2.3');
-						return expect(promise).to.eventually.be.false;
-					});
-				});
-
-				describe('given the file was created after the os last modified time', function () {
-					beforeEach(function () {
-						this.osGetLastModified = stub(balena.models.os, 'getLastModified');
-						this.osGetLastModified.returns(
-							Promise.resolve(new Date('2013-01-01T00:00:00.000Z')),
-						);
-					});
-
-					afterEach(function () {
-						this.osGetLastModified.restore();
-					});
-
-					it('should return true', function () {
-						const promise = imageManager.isImageFresh('raspberry-pi', '1.2.3');
-						return expect(promise).to.eventually.be.true;
-					});
-				});
-
-				describe('given the file was created just at the os last modified time', function () {
-					beforeEach(function () {
-						this.osGetLastModified = stub(balena.models.os, 'getLastModified');
-						this.osGetLastModified.returns(
-							Promise.resolve(new Date('2014-00-01T00:00:00.000Z')),
-						);
-					});
-
-					afterEach(function () {
-						this.osGetLastModified.restore();
-					});
-
-					it('should return false', function () {
-						const promise = imageManager.isImageFresh('raspberry-pi', '1.2.3');
-						return expect(promise).to.eventually.be.false;
-					});
-				});
 			});
 		});
 	});