diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoList/dedupe.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoList/dedupe.tsx
index 9c86ba24f1..7181f62675 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoList/dedupe.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoList/dedupe.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { convertBytesToHumanReadable } from "@/next/file";
 import { FlexWrapper } from "@ente/shared/components/Container";
 import { Box, styled } from "@mui/material";
 import {
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ import {
 } from "react-window";
 import { Duplicate } from "services/deduplicationService";
 import { EnteFile } from "types/file";
+import { convertBytesToHumanReadable } from "utils/file";
 
 export enum ITEM_TYPE {
     TIME = "TIME",
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoList/index.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoList/index.tsx
index 48454fa691..91f712df1b 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoList/index.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/PhotoList/index.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { convertBytesToHumanReadable } from "@/next/file";
 import { FlexWrapper } from "@ente/shared/components/Container";
 import { formatDate, getDate, isSameDay } from "@ente/shared/time/format";
 import { Box, Checkbox, Link, Typography, styled } from "@mui/material";
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ import {
     areEqual,
 } from "react-window";
 import { EnteFile } from "types/file";
+import { convertBytesToHumanReadable } from "utils/file";
 import { handleSelectCreator } from "utils/photoFrame";
 import { PublicCollectionGalleryContext } from "utils/publicCollectionGallery";
 
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/heic-convert.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/heic-convert.ts
index 478cce2185..c2ea198391 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/heic-convert.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/heic-convert.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { convertBytesToHumanReadable } from "@/next/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { ComlinkWorker } from "@/next/worker/comlink-worker";
 import { CustomError } from "@ente/shared/error";
@@ -51,15 +50,10 @@ class HEICConverter {
                                     const startTime = Date.now();
                                     const convertedHEIC =
                                         await worker.heicToJPEG(fileBlob);
-                                    log.info(
-                                        `originalFileSize:${convertBytesToHumanReadable(
-                                            fileBlob?.size,
-                                        )},convertedFileSize:${convertBytesToHumanReadable(
-                                            convertedHEIC?.size,
-                                        )},  heic conversion time: ${
-                                            Date.now() - startTime
-                                        }ms `,
+                                    const ms = Math.round(
+                                        Date.now() - startTime,
                                     );
+                                    log.debug(() => `heic => jpeg (${ms} ms)`);
                                     clearTimeout(timeout);
                                     resolve(convertedHEIC);
                                 } catch (e) {
@@ -71,18 +65,7 @@ class HEICConverter {
                     );
                     if (!convertedHEIC || convertedHEIC?.size === 0) {
                         log.error(
-                            `converted heic fileSize is Zero - ${JSON.stringify(
-                                {
-                                    originalFileSize:
-                                        convertBytesToHumanReadable(
-                                            fileBlob?.size ?? 0,
-                                        ),
-                                    convertedFileSize:
-                                        convertBytesToHumanReadable(
-                                            convertedHEIC?.size ?? 0,
-                                        ),
-                                },
-                            )}`,
+                            `Converted HEIC file is empty (original was ${fileBlob?.size} bytes)`,
                         );
                     }
                     await new Promise((resolve) => {
@@ -94,7 +77,7 @@ class HEICConverter {
                     this.workerPool.push(convertWorker);
                     return convertedHEIC;
                 } catch (e) {
-                    log.error("heic conversion failed", e);
+                    log.error("HEIC conversion failed", e);
                     convertWorker.terminate();
                     this.workerPool.push(createComlinkWorker());
                     throw e;
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
index 5d7762abfc..abbc8b0fa3 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,19 @@ export async function getUpdatedEXIFFileForDownload(
     }
 }
 
+export function convertBytesToHumanReadable(
+    bytes: number,
+    precision = 2,
+): string {
+    if (bytes === 0 || isNaN(bytes)) {
+        return "0 MB";
+    }
+
+    const i = Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(1024));
+    const sizes = ["B", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB", "EB", "ZB", "YB"];
+    return (bytes / Math.pow(1024, i)).toFixed(precision) + " " + sizes[i];
+}
+
 export async function downloadFile(file: EnteFile) {
     try {
         const fileReader = new FileReader();
diff --git a/web/packages/next/file.ts b/web/packages/next/file.ts
index 56d27b79b5..bd2c043930 100644
--- a/web/packages/next/file.ts
+++ b/web/packages/next/file.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import type { ElectronFile } from "./types/file";
-
 /**
  * The two parts of a file name - the name itself, and an (optional) extension.
  *
@@ -82,27 +80,3 @@ export const dirname = (path: string) => {
     }
     return pathComponents.join("/");
 };
-
-/**
- * Return a short description of the given {@link fileOrPath} suitable for
- * helping identify it in log messages.
- */
-export const fopLabel = (fileOrPath: File | string) =>
-    fileOrPath instanceof File ? `File(${fileOrPath.name})` : fileOrPath;
-
-export function getFileNameSize(file: File | ElectronFile) {
-    return `${file.name}_${convertBytesToHumanReadable(file.size)}`;
-}
-
-export function convertBytesToHumanReadable(
-    bytes: number,
-    precision = 2,
-): string {
-    if (bytes === 0 || isNaN(bytes)) {
-        return "0 MB";
-    }
-
-    const i = Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(1024));
-    const sizes = ["B", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB", "EB", "ZB", "YB"];
-    return (bytes / Math.pow(1024, i)).toFixed(precision) + " " + sizes[i];
-}