diff --git a/src/components/AttachmentPicker/index.native.tsx b/src/components/AttachmentPicker/index.native.tsx
index 7463e2b4add4..3420a30da098 100644
--- a/src/components/AttachmentPicker/index.native.tsx
+++ b/src/components/AttachmentPicker/index.native.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import useResponsiveLayout from '@hooks/useResponsiveLayout';
 import useStyleUtils from '@hooks/useStyleUtils';
 import useTheme from '@hooks/useTheme';
 import useThemeStyles from '@hooks/useThemeStyles';
-import {cleanFileName, resizeImageIfNeeded, showCameraPermissionsAlert, verifyFileFormat} from '@libs/fileDownload/FileUtils';
+import {cleanFileName, showCameraPermissionsAlert, verifyFileFormat} from '@libs/fileDownload/FileUtils';
 import Log from '@libs/Log';
 import CONST from '@src/CONST';
 import type {TranslationPaths} from '@src/languages/types';
@@ -429,10 +429,9 @@ function AttachmentPicker({
 
                 if (!shouldValidateImage && fileDataName && Str.isImage(fileDataName)) {
                     return getDataForUpload(fileDataObject)
-                        .then((file) => resizeImageIfNeeded(file))
-                        .then((resizedFile) =>
-                            ImageSize.getSize(resizedFile.uri ?? '').then(({width, height}) => ({
-                                ...resizedFile,
+                        .then((file) =>
+                            ImageSize.getSize(file.uri ?? '').then(({width, height}) => ({
+                                ...file,
                                 width,
                                 height,
                             })),
@@ -442,16 +441,15 @@ function AttachmentPicker({
 
                 if (fileDataName && Str.isImage(fileDataName)) {
                     return getDataForUpload(fileDataObject)
-                        .then((file) => resizeImageIfNeeded(file))
-                        .then((resizedFile) =>
-                            ImageSize.getSize(resizedFile.uri ?? '').then(({width, height}) => {
+                        .then((file) =>
+                            ImageSize.getSize(file.uri ?? '').then(({width, height}) => {
                                 if (width <= 0 || height <= 0) {
                                     showImageCorruptionAlert();
                                     return null;
                                 }
 
                                 return {
-                                    ...resizedFile,
+                                    ...file,
                                     width,
                                     height,
                                 };
diff --git a/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestReceiptView.tsx b/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestReceiptView.tsx
index a067c804e235..0d2e5f18dad8 100644
--- a/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestReceiptView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ReportActionItem/MoneyRequestReceiptView.tsx
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ function MoneyRequestReceiptView({
                                                         openPicker({
                                                             onPicked: (files) => {
                                                                 onPickerClosed();
-                                                                validateFiles(files);
+                                                                validateFiles(files, undefined, {isValidatingReceipts: false});
                                                             },
                                                             onCanceled: onPickerClosed,
                                                         });
diff --git a/src/hooks/useFilesValidation.tsx b/src/hooks/useFilesValidation.tsx
index 4ed4903692ec..d2cb12564b95 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useFilesValidation.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/useFilesValidation.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const sortFilesByOriginalOrder = (files: FileObject[], orderMap: Map<string, num
     return files.sort((a, b) => (orderMap.get(a.uri ?? '') ?? 0) - (orderMap.get(b.uri ?? '') ?? 0));
 };
 
-const isImageFile = (file: FileObject) => hasHeicOrHeifExtension(file) ?? Str.isImage(file.name ?? '');
+const isImageFile = (file: FileObject) => !!hasHeicOrHeifExtension(file) || Str.isImage(file.name ?? '');
 
 function useFilesValidation(onFilesValidated: (files: FileObject[], dataTransferItems: DataTransferItem[]) => void) {
     const styles = useThemeStyles();
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ function useFilesValidation(onFilesValidated: (files: FileObject[], dataTransfer
                     return;
                 }
 
-                if (result.error === CONST.FILE_VALIDATION_ERRORS.FILE_TOO_LARGE && isImageFile(file) && validationState.isValidatingReceipts) {
+                if (result.error === CONST.FILE_VALIDATION_ERRORS.FILE_TOO_LARGE && isImageFile(file)) {
                     filesToResize.push(file);
                     return;
                 }
diff --git a/src/libs/validateAttachmentFile.ts b/src/libs/validateAttachmentFile.ts
index f46fab1eb982..119e682c3281 100644
--- a/src/libs/validateAttachmentFile.ts
+++ b/src/libs/validateAttachmentFile.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import {Str} from 'expensify-common';
 import type {ValueOf} from 'type-fest';
 import CONST from '@src/CONST';
 import type {FileObject} from '@src/types/utils/Attachment';
@@ -29,9 +28,8 @@ async function validateAttachmentFile(file: FileObject, item?: DataTransferItem,
         return {isValid: false, error: CONST.FILE_VALIDATION_ERRORS.HEIC_OR_HEIF_IMAGE};
     }
 
-    const isImage = Str.isImage(file.name);
     const maxFileSize = isValidatingReceipts ? CONST.API_ATTACHMENT_VALIDATIONS.RECEIPT_MAX_SIZE : CONST.API_ATTACHMENT_VALIDATIONS.MAX_SIZE;
-    if (!isImage && !hasHeicOrHeifExtension(file) && file.size > maxFileSize) {
+    if (file.size > maxFileSize) {
         return {isValid: false, error: CONST.FILE_VALIDATION_ERRORS.FILE_TOO_LARGE};
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/ValidateAttachmentFileTest.ts b/tests/unit/ValidateAttachmentFileTest.ts
index ce3f393cae4f..475bf663eb2f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/ValidateAttachmentFileTest.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/ValidateAttachmentFileTest.ts
@@ -141,11 +141,15 @@ describe('validateAttachmentFile', () => {
             expect(error.error).toEqual(CONST.FILE_VALIDATION_ERRORS.FILE_TOO_LARGE);
         });
 
-        it('returns valid result for image over RECEIPT_MAX_SIZE (images skip non-image size check)', async () => {
+        it('returns invalid result for image over RECEIPT_MAX_SIZE', async () => {
             const file = createMockFile('receipt.jpg', CONST.API_ATTACHMENT_VALIDATIONS.MAX_SIZE + 1);
             const error = await validateAttachmentFile(file, undefined, true);
 
-            expect(error.isValid).toBe(true);
+            if (error.isValid) {
+                throw new Error('validateAttachmentFile should return an invalid result');
+            }
+
+            expect(error.error).toEqual(CONST.FILE_VALIDATION_ERRORS.FILE_TOO_LARGE);
         });
 
         it('returns valid result when non-image is exactly at MAX_SIZE', async () => {