diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/storage/media_repository_table.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/storage/media_repository_table.go
index a3b1c759..e4a4cbf8 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/storage/media_repository_table.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/storage/media_repository_table.go
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS media_repository (
     media_origin TEXT NOT NULL,
     -- The MIME-type of the media file as specified when uploading.
     content_type TEXT NOT NULL,
-    -- The HTTP Content-Disposition header for the media file as specified when uploading.
-    content_disposition TEXT NOT NULL,
     -- Size of the media file in bytes.
     file_size_bytes BIGINT NOT NULL,
     -- When the content was uploaded in UNIX epoch ms.
@@ -51,12 +49,12 @@ CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS media_repository_index ON media_repository (me
 `
 
 const insertMediaSQL = `
-INSERT INTO media_repository (media_id, media_origin, content_type, content_disposition, file_size_bytes, creation_ts, upload_name, base64hash, user_id)
-    VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9)
+INSERT INTO media_repository (media_id, media_origin, content_type, file_size_bytes, creation_ts, upload_name, base64hash, user_id)
+    VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8)
 `
 
 const selectMediaSQL = `
-SELECT content_type, content_disposition, file_size_bytes, creation_ts, upload_name, base64hash, user_id FROM media_repository WHERE media_id = $1 AND media_origin = $2
+SELECT content_type, file_size_bytes, creation_ts, upload_name, base64hash, user_id FROM media_repository WHERE media_id = $1 AND media_origin = $2
 `
 
 type mediaStatements struct {
@@ -82,7 +80,6 @@ func (s *mediaStatements) insertMedia(mediaMetadata *types.MediaMetadata) error
 		mediaMetadata.MediaID,
 		mediaMetadata.Origin,
 		mediaMetadata.ContentType,
-		mediaMetadata.ContentDisposition,
 		mediaMetadata.FileSizeBytes,
 		mediaMetadata.CreationTimestamp,
 		mediaMetadata.UploadName,
@@ -101,7 +98,6 @@ func (s *mediaStatements) selectMedia(mediaID types.MediaID, mediaOrigin gomatri
 		mediaMetadata.MediaID, mediaMetadata.Origin,
 	).Scan(
 		&mediaMetadata.ContentType,
-		&mediaMetadata.ContentDisposition,
 		&mediaMetadata.FileSizeBytes,
 		&mediaMetadata.CreationTimestamp,
 		&mediaMetadata.UploadName,
diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/types/types.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/types/types.go
index a3065bf8..ac18f5fe 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/types/types.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/types/types.go
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib"
 )
 
-// ContentDisposition is an HTTP Content-Disposition header string
-type ContentDisposition string
-
 // FileSizeBytes is a file size in bytes
 type FileSizeBytes int64
 
@@ -52,15 +49,14 @@ type UnixMs int64
 
 // MediaMetadata is metadata associated with a media file
 type MediaMetadata struct {
-	MediaID            MediaID
-	Origin             gomatrixserverlib.ServerName
-	ContentType        ContentType
-	ContentDisposition ContentDisposition
-	FileSizeBytes      FileSizeBytes
-	CreationTimestamp  UnixMs
-	UploadName         Filename
-	Base64Hash         Base64Hash
-	UserID             MatrixUserID
+	MediaID           MediaID
+	Origin            gomatrixserverlib.ServerName
+	ContentType       ContentType
+	FileSizeBytes     FileSizeBytes
+	CreationTimestamp UnixMs
+	UploadName        Filename
+	Base64Hash        Base64Hash
+	UserID            MatrixUserID
 }
 
 // ActiveRemoteRequests is a lockable map of media URIs requested from remote homeservers
diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/writers/upload.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/writers/upload.go
index bcaaa255..5b2532f0 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/writers/upload.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/mediaapi/writers/upload.go
@@ -57,11 +57,10 @@ func Upload(req *http.Request, cfg *config.MediaAPI, db *storage.Database) util.
 	}
 
 	r.Logger.WithFields(log.Fields{
-		"Origin":              r.MediaMetadata.Origin,
-		"UploadName":          r.MediaMetadata.UploadName,
-		"FileSizeBytes":       r.MediaMetadata.FileSizeBytes,
-		"Content-Type":        r.MediaMetadata.ContentType,
-		"Content-Disposition": r.MediaMetadata.ContentDisposition,
+		"Origin":        r.MediaMetadata.Origin,
+		"UploadName":    r.MediaMetadata.UploadName,
+		"FileSizeBytes": r.MediaMetadata.FileSizeBytes,
+		"Content-Type":  r.MediaMetadata.ContentType,
 	}).Info("Uploading file")
 
 	// The file data is hashed and the hash is used as the MediaID. The hash is useful as a
@@ -89,13 +88,12 @@ func Upload(req *http.Request, cfg *config.MediaAPI, db *storage.Database) util.
 	r.MediaMetadata.MediaID = types.MediaID(hash)
 
 	r.Logger.WithFields(log.Fields{
-		"MediaID":             r.MediaMetadata.MediaID,
-		"Origin":              r.MediaMetadata.Origin,
-		"Base64Hash":          r.MediaMetadata.Base64Hash,
-		"UploadName":          r.MediaMetadata.UploadName,
-		"FileSizeBytes":       r.MediaMetadata.FileSizeBytes,
-		"Content-Type":        r.MediaMetadata.ContentType,
-		"Content-Disposition": r.MediaMetadata.ContentDisposition,
+		"MediaID":       r.MediaMetadata.MediaID,
+		"Origin":        r.MediaMetadata.Origin,
+		"Base64Hash":    r.MediaMetadata.Base64Hash,
+		"UploadName":    r.MediaMetadata.UploadName,
+		"FileSizeBytes": r.MediaMetadata.FileSizeBytes,
+		"Content-Type":  r.MediaMetadata.ContentType,
 	}).Info("File uploaded")
 
 	// check if we already have a record of the media in our database and if so, we can remove the temporary directory
@@ -141,11 +139,10 @@ func parseAndValidateRequest(req *http.Request, cfg *config.MediaAPI) (*uploadRe
 
 	r := &uploadRequest{
 		MediaMetadata: &types.MediaMetadata{
-			Origin:             cfg.ServerName,
-			ContentDisposition: types.ContentDisposition(req.Header.Get("Content-Disposition")),
-			FileSizeBytes:      types.FileSizeBytes(req.ContentLength),
-			ContentType:        types.ContentType(req.Header.Get("Content-Type")),
-			UploadName:         types.Filename(url.PathEscape(req.FormValue("filename"))),
+			Origin:        cfg.ServerName,
+			FileSizeBytes: types.FileSizeBytes(req.ContentLength),
+			ContentType:   types.ContentType(req.Header.Get("Content-Type")),
+			UploadName:    types.Filename(url.PathEscape(req.FormValue("filename"))),
 		},
 		Logger: util.GetLogger(req.Context()),
 	}
@@ -154,12 +151,6 @@ func parseAndValidateRequest(req *http.Request, cfg *config.MediaAPI) (*uploadRe
 		return nil, resErr
 	}
 
-	if len(r.MediaMetadata.UploadName) > 0 {
-		r.MediaMetadata.ContentDisposition = types.ContentDisposition(
-			"inline; filename*=utf-8''" + string(r.MediaMetadata.UploadName),
-		)
-	}
-
 	return r, nil
 }