diff --git a/mobile/lib/models/file/file.dart b/mobile/lib/models/file/file.dart
index bcdd6011bb..4d1094f832 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/models/file/file.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/models/file/file.dart
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class EnteFile {
         creationTime = DateTime.now().toUtc().microsecondsSinceEpoch;
       }
       try {
-        final parsedDateTime = parseDateTimeFromFileNameV2(
+        final parsedDateTime = parseDateTimeFromName(
           basenameWithoutExtension(asset.title ?? ""),
         );
         if (parsedDateTime != null) {
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class EnteFile {
     // Try to get the timestamp from fileName. In case of iOS, file names are
     // generic IMG_XXXX, so only parse it on Android devices
     if (!hasExifTime && Platform.isAndroid && title != null) {
-      final timeFromFileName = parseDateTimeFromFileNameV2(title!);
+      final timeFromFileName = parseDateTimeFromName(title!);
       if (timeFromFileName != null) {
         // only use timeFromFileName if the existing creationTime and
         // timeFromFilename belongs to different date.
diff --git a/mobile/lib/utils/share_util.dart b/mobile/lib/utils/share_util.dart
index 1dfa9ea8f0..a136422eef 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/utils/share_util.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/utils/share_util.dart
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Future<List<SharedAsset>> convertIncomingSharedMediaToFile(
     }
     if (creationTime == 0) {
       final parsedDateTime =
-          parseDateTimeFromFileNameV2(basenameWithoutExtension(media.path));
+          parseDateTimeFromName(basenameWithoutExtension(media.path));
       if (parsedDateTime != null) {
         creationTime = parsedDateTime.microsecondsSinceEpoch;
       } else {
@@ -206,26 +206,6 @@ Future<List<EnteFile>> convertPicketAssets(
   return localFiles;
 }
 
-DateTime? parseDateFromFileNam1e(String fileName) {
-  if (fileName.startsWith('IMG-') || fileName.startsWith('VID-')) {
-    // Whatsapp media files
-    return DateTime.tryParse(fileName.split('-')[1]);
-  } else if (fileName.startsWith("Screenshot_")) {
-    // Screenshots on droid
-    return DateTime.tryParse(
-      (fileName).replaceAll('Screenshot_', '').replaceAll('-', 'T'),
-    );
-  } else {
-    return DateTime.tryParse(
-      (fileName)
-          .replaceAll("IMG_", "")
-          .replaceAll("VID_", "")
-          .replaceAll("DCIM_", "")
-          .replaceAll("_", " "),
-    );
-  }
-}
-
 void shareSelected(
   BuildContext context,
   GlobalKey shareButtonKey,
diff --git a/mobile/lib/utils/standalone/date_time.dart b/mobile/lib/utils/standalone/date_time.dart
index bb29960319..503d70854d 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/utils/standalone/date_time.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/utils/standalone/date_time.dart
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ bool isValidGregorianDate({
 
 final RegExp exp = RegExp('[\\.A-Za-z]*');
 
-DateTime? parseDateTimeFromFileNameV2(
+DateTime? parseDateTimeFromName(
   String fileName, {
   /* to avoid parsing incorrect date time from the filename, the max and min
     year limits the chances of parsing incorrect date times
diff --git a/mobile/test/utils/date_time_util_test.dart b/mobile/test/utils/date_time_util_test.dart
index ac89231ee8..10c8456987 100644
--- a/mobile/test/utils/date_time_util_test.dart
+++ b/mobile/test/utils/date_time_util_test.dart
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ void main() {
       "signal-2022-12-17-15-16-04-718-2.jpg",
     ];
     for (String val in validParsing) {
-      final parsedValue = parseDateTimeFromFileNameV2(val);
+      final parsedValue = parseDateTimeFromName(val);
       expect(
         parsedValue != null,
         true,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void main() {
       "Snapchat-900000000.mp4",
     ];
     for (String val in badParsing) {
-      final parsedValue = parseDateTimeFromFileNameV2(val);
+      final parsedValue = parseDateTimeFromName(val);
       expect(
         parsedValue == null,
         true,