diff --git a/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_thumbnail_generator.dart b/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_thumbnail_generator.dart
index 6b2599bbf1..414492b2de 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_thumbnail_generator.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/services/machine_learning/face_thumbnail_generator.dart
@@ -48,15 +48,11 @@ class FaceThumbnailGenerator extends SuperIsolate {
     ).then((value) => value.cast<Uint8List>());
     final compressedFaces = <Future<Uint8List>>[];
     for (final face in faces) {
-      if (!shouldCompressFaceThumbnail(face)) {
-        compressedFaces.add(Future.value(face));
-      } else {
-        final compressedFace = _computer.compute<Map, Uint8List>(
-          compressFaceThumbnail,
-          param: {'pngBytes': face},
-        );
-        compressedFaces.add(compressedFace);
-      }
+      final compressedFace = _computer.compute<Map, Uint8List>(
+        compressFaceThumbnail,
+        param: {'pngBytes': face},
+      );
+      compressedFaces.add(compressedFace);
     }
     return await Future.wait(compressedFaces);
   }
diff --git a/mobile/lib/utils/image_ml_util.dart b/mobile/lib/utils/image_ml_util.dart
index c4101859c4..5a6bf75600 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/utils/image_ml_util.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/utils/image_ml_util.dart
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ const maxKernelSize = gaussianKernelSize;
 const maxKernelRadius = maxKernelSize ~/ 2;
 
 // Face thumbnail compression constants
-const int _maxFaceThumbnailSizeBytes = 1 * 1024 * 1024; // 1MB
 const int _faceThumbnailCompressionQuality = 85;
-const int _faceThumbnailMinDimension = 720;
+const int _faceThumbnailMinDimension = 512;
 
 class DecodedImage {
   final Image image;
@@ -544,10 +543,6 @@ Future<Uint8List> _cropAndEncodeCanvas(
   return await _encodeImageToPng(croppedImage);
 }
 
-bool shouldCompressFaceThumbnail(Uint8List pngBytes) {
-  return pngBytes.length > _maxFaceThumbnailSizeBytes;
-}
-
 Future<Uint8List> compressFaceThumbnail(Map args) async {
   final pngBytes = args['pngBytes'] as Uint8List;
   try {