diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/constants/upload.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/constants/upload.ts
index 75918fae0b..b188626dff 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/constants/upload.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/constants/upload.ts
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ export const WHITELISTED_FILE_FORMATS: FileTypeInfo[] = [
 
 export const KNOWN_NON_MEDIA_FORMATS = ["xmp", "html", "txt"];
 
-export const EXIFLESS_FORMATS = ["gif", "bmp"];
-
 // this is the chunk size of the un-encrypted file which is read and encrypted before uploading it as a single part.
 export const MULTIPART_PART_SIZE = 20 * 1024 * 1024;
 
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/exifService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/exifService.ts
index a26075b3af..42afb7618b 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/exifService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/exifService.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
 import { validateAndGetCreationUnixTimeInMicroSeconds } from "@ente/shared/time";
-import { EXIFLESS_FORMATS, NULL_LOCATION } from "constants/upload";
+import { NULL_LOCATION } from "constants/upload";
 import exifr from "exifr";
 import piexif from "piexifjs";
 import { FileTypeInfo, Location } from "types/upload";
 
-const EXIFR_UNSUPPORTED_FILE_FORMAT_MESSAGE = "Unknown file format";
-
 type ParsedEXIFData = Record<string, any> &
     Partial<{
         DateTimeOriginal: Date;
@@ -38,11 +36,14 @@ type RawEXIFData = Record<string, any> &
 
 export async function getParsedExifData(
     receivedFile: File,
-    fileTypeInfo: FileTypeInfo,
+    { exactType }: FileTypeInfo,
     tags?: string[],
 ): Promise<ParsedEXIFData> {
+    const exifLessFormats = ["gif", "bmp"];
+    const exifrUnsupportedFileFormatMessage = "Unknown file format";
+
     try {
-        if (EXIFLESS_FORMATS.includes(fileTypeInfo.exactType)) {
+        if (exifLessFormats.includes(exactType)) {
             return null;
         }
         const exifData: RawEXIFData = await exifr.parse(receivedFile, {
@@ -66,16 +67,11 @@ export async function getParsedExifData(
             : exifData;
         return parseExifData(filteredExifData);
     } catch (e) {
-        if (e.message === EXIFR_UNSUPPORTED_FILE_FORMAT_MESSAGE) {
-            log.error(
-                `exif library unsupported format ${fileTypeInfo.exactType}`,
-                e,
-            );
+        if (e.message == exifrUnsupportedFileFormatMessage) {
+            log.error(`EXIFR does not support format ${exactType}`, e);
+            return undefined;
         } else {
-            log.error(
-                `get parsed exif data failed for file type ${fileTypeInfo.exactType}`,
-                e,
-            );
+            log.error(`Failed to parse EXIF data of ${exactType} file`, e);
             throw e;
         }
     }