diff --git a/ui/component/channelThumbnail/view.jsx b/ui/component/channelThumbnail/view.jsx
index 129565416..d3af5c508 100644
--- a/ui/component/channelThumbnail/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/channelThumbnail/view.jsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import classnames from 'classnames';
 import Gerbil from './gerbil.png';
 import FreezeframeWrapper from 'component/fileThumbnail/FreezeframeWrapper';
 import ChannelStakedIndicator from 'component/channelStakedIndicator';
-import { getThumbnailCdnUrl } from 'util/thumbnail';
 
 type Props = {
   thumbnail: ?string,
@@ -68,14 +67,6 @@ function ChannelThumbnail(props: Props) {
     );
   }
 
-  let url = channelThumbnail;
-  // @if TARGET='web'
-  // Pass image urls through a compression proxy
-  if (thumbnail) {
-    url = getThumbnailCdnUrl({ thumbnail });
-  }
-  // @endif
-
   return (
     <div
       className={classnames('channel-thumbnail', className, {
@@ -88,7 +79,7 @@ function ChannelThumbnail(props: Props) {
         <img
           alt={__('Channel profile picture')}
           className="channel-thumbnail__default"
-          src={!thumbError && url ? url : Gerbil}
+          src={!thumbError && thumbnailPreview ? thumbnailPreview : Gerbil}
           onError={() => setThumbError(true)} // if thumb fails (including due to https replace, show gerbil.
         />
       )}
@@ -100,7 +91,7 @@ function ChannelThumbnail(props: Props) {
             <img
               alt={__('Channel profile picture')}
               className="channel-thumbnail__custom"
-              src={!thumbError && url ? url : Gerbil}
+              src={!thumbError ? thumbnailPreview || thumbnail : Gerbil}
               onError={() => setThumbError(true)} // if thumb fails (including due to https replace, show gerbil.
             />
           )}