diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/platform/mac/platform.rs b/crates/gpui/src/platform/mac/platform.rs
index 46477045722e132a275f926140915dbb9bd6cd5c..7f71d4f164b4974675af5f0d1df5a1f5bb34b7de 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/platform/mac/platform.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/platform/mac/platform.rs
@@ -1135,32 +1135,7 @@ impl Platform for MacPlatform {
                 }
             }
 
-            // Next, check for URL flavors (including file URLs). Some tools only provide a URL
-            // with no plain text entry.
-            {
-                // Try the modern UTType identifiers first.
-                let file_url_type: id = ns_string("public.file-url");
-                let url_type: id = ns_string("public.url");
-
-                let url_data = if msg_send![types, containsObject: file_url_type] {
-                    pasteboard.dataForType(file_url_type)
-                } else if msg_send![types, containsObject: url_type] {
-                    pasteboard.dataForType(url_type)
-                } else {
-                    nil
-                };
-
-                if url_data != nil && !url_data.bytes().is_null() {
-                    let bytes = slice::from_raw_parts(
-                        url_data.bytes() as *mut u8,
-                        url_data.length() as usize,
-                    );
-
-                    return Some(self.read_string_from_clipboard(&state, bytes));
-                }
-            }
-
-            // If it wasn't a string or URL, try the various supported image types.
+            // If it wasn't a string, try the various supported image types.
             for format in ImageFormat::iter() {
                 if let Some(item) = try_clipboard_image(pasteboard, format) {
                     return Some(item);
@@ -1168,7 +1143,7 @@ impl Platform for MacPlatform {
             }
         }
 
-        // If it wasn't a string, URL, or a supported image type, give up.
+        // If it wasn't a string or a supported image type, give up.
         None
     }
 
@@ -1743,40 +1718,6 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_file_url_reads_as_url_string() {
-        let platform = build_platform();
-
-        // Create a file URL for an arbitrary test path and write it to the pasteboard.
-        // This path does not need to exist; we only validate URL→path conversion.
-        let mock_path = "/tmp/zed-clipboard-file-url-test";
-        unsafe {
-            // Build an NSURL from the file path
-            let url: id = msg_send![class!(NSURL), fileURLWithPath: ns_string(mock_path)];
-            let abs: id = msg_send![url, absoluteString];
-
-            // Encode the URL string as UTF-8 bytes
-            let len: usize = msg_send![abs, lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-            let bytes_ptr = abs.UTF8String() as *const u8;
-            let data = NSData::dataWithBytes_length_(nil, bytes_ptr as *const c_void, len as u64);
-
-            // Write as public.file-url to the unique pasteboard
-            let file_url_type: id = ns_string("public.file-url");
-            platform
-                .0
-                .lock()
-                .pasteboard
-                .setData_forType(data, file_url_type);
-        }
-
-        // Ensure the clipboard read returns the URL string, not a converted path
-        let expected_url = format!("file://{}", mock_path);
-        assert_eq!(
-            platform.read_from_clipboard(),
-            Some(ClipboardItem::new_string(expected_url))
-        );
-    }
-
     fn build_platform() -> MacPlatform {
         let platform = MacPlatform::new(false);
         platform.0.lock().pasteboard = unsafe { NSPasteboard::pasteboardWithUniqueName(nil) };