diff --git a/python/web/src/web.py b/python/web/src/web.py
index 00d73677..f441bc32 100644
--- a/python/web/src/web.py
+++ b/python/web/src/web.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import logging
 import argparse
 from pathlib import Path
 from functools import wraps
-from hashlib import md5
 
 from flask import (
     Flask,
@@ -801,17 +800,6 @@ def download_afp():
     """
     url = request.form.get("url")
     file_name = Path(url).name
-    # Shorten file names longer than 31 chars, the HFS upper limit
-    # Append a hash of the removed piece of the file name to make it unique
-    # The format of the hash is a # followed by the first four symbols of the md4 hash
-    if len(file_name) > 31:
-        chars_to_cut = len(file_name) - 31
-        file_name_stem = Path(file_name).stem
-        file_name_suffix = Path(file_name).suffix
-        discarded_portion = file_name_stem[:-abs(chars_to_cut)]
-        stem_remainder = file_name_stem[:(26 - len(file_name_suffix))]
-        appendix_hash = (md5(discarded_portion.encode("utf-8"))).hexdigest().upper()
-        file_name = stem_remainder + "#" + appendix_hash[:4] + file_name_suffix
     process = file_cmds.download_to_dir(url, AFP_DIR, file_name)
     process = ReturnCodeMapper.add_msg(process)
     if process["status"]: