diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
index 0d1033a2f..80e41d7c5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/ViewPagerActivity.kt
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ class ViewPagerActivity : SimpleActivity(), ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener, View
         }
 
         refreshViewPager()
-        scanPath(mPath)
 
         if (config.blackBackground) {
             view_pager.background = ColorDrawable(Color.BLACK)