diff --git a/app/jobs/regular/pull_hotlinked_images.rb b/app/jobs/regular/pull_hotlinked_images.rb
index efe7457e5c3..8c5ece783d2 100644
--- a/app/jobs/regular/pull_hotlinked_images.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/regular/pull_hotlinked_images.rb
@@ -76,12 +76,7 @@ module Jobs
       end
 
       post.reload
-      if start_raw != post.raw
-        # post was edited - start over (after 10 minutes)
-        backoff = args.fetch(:backoff, 1) + 1
-        delay = SiteSetting.ninja_edit_window * args[:backoff]
-        Jobs.enqueue_in(delay.seconds.to_i, :pull_hotlinked_images, args.merge!(backoff: backoff))
-      elsif raw != post.raw
+      if start_raw == post.raw && raw != post.raw
         changes = { raw: raw, edit_reason: I18n.t("upload.edit_reason") }
         # we never want that job to bump the topic
         options = { bypass_bump: true }