diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
index 5898d7a5a6e7668ec5b0eb44d1b758ca1954bbd9..b00e27c62f3d8ff1ec3fec92a1832097e1b1cb4c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
@@ -946,18 +946,10 @@ public class FileBackend {
         return thumbnail;
     }
 
-    public Bitmap getThumbnailBitmap(Message message, Resources res, int size, boolean cacheOnly) throws IOException {
-        final String uuid = message.getUuid();
-        final LruCache<String, Bitmap> cache = mXmppConnectionService.getBitmapCache();
-        Bitmap thumbnail = cache.get(uuid);
-        if ((thumbnail == null) && (!cacheOnly)) {
-          final Drawable drawable = getThumbnail(message, res, size, cacheOnly);
-          if (drawable != null) {
-              thumbnail = drawDrawable(drawable);
-              cache.put(uuid, thumbnail);
-          }
-        }
-        return thumbnail;
+    public Bitmap getThumbnailBitmap(Message message, Resources res, int size) throws IOException {
+          final Drawable drawable = getThumbnail(message, res, size, false);
+          if (drawable == null) return null;
+          return drawDrawable(drawable);
     }
 
     private Drawable getImagePreview(File file, Resources res, int size, final String mime) throws IOException {
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/services/NotificationService.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/services/NotificationService.java
index bf90c8b5679628be3d9d84939ee0b193bf422b8e..75c9fa3cc863cb6511ce3c13616be1b7f15cd438 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/services/NotificationService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/services/NotificationService.java
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ public class NotificationService {
 
     private void modifyForImage(final Builder builder, final Message message, final ArrayList<Message> messages) {
         try {
-            final Bitmap bitmap = mXmppConnectionService.getFileBackend().getThumbnailBitmap(message, mXmppConnectionService.getResources(), getPixel(288), false);
+            final Bitmap bitmap = mXmppConnectionService.getFileBackend().getThumbnailBitmap(message, mXmppConnectionService.getResources(), getPixel(288));
             final ArrayList<Message> tmp = new ArrayList<>();
             for (final Message msg : messages) {
                 if (msg.getType() == Message.TYPE_TEXT