diff --git a/internal/torrent/repair.go b/internal/torrent/repair.go
index 3eff8c6..cc0ea19 100644
--- a/internal/torrent/repair.go
+++ b/internal/torrent/repair.go
@@ -134,22 +134,6 @@ func (t *TorrentManager) repair(torrent *Torrent) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if torrent.OlderThanDuration(EXPIRED_LINK_TOLERANCE_HOURS * time.Hour) {
-		// first solution: reinsert with same selection
-		t.log.Infof("Torrent %s is older than %d hours, reinserting it", t.GetKey(torrent), EXPIRED_LINK_TOLERANCE_HOURS)
-		if t.reinsertTorrent(torrent, "") {
-			t.log.Infof("Successfully downloaded torrent %s to repair it", t.GetKey(torrent))
-			return
-		} else if torrent.Unfixable {
-			t.log.Warnf("Cannot repair torrent %s", t.GetKey(torrent))
-			return
-		} else {
-			t.log.Warnf("Failed to repair by reinserting torrent %s, will only redownload broken files...", t.GetKey(torrent))
-		}
-	} else {
-		t.log.Warnf("Torrent %s is not older than %d hours to be repaired by reinsertion, will only redownload broken files...", t.GetKey(torrent), EXPIRED_LINK_TOLERANCE_HOURS)
-	}
-
 	// handle torrents with incomplete links for selected files
 	assignedCount := 0
 	rarCount := 0