diff --git a/routes/api-routes.js b/routes/api-routes.js
index 95488c57..0127e0e7 100644
--- a/routes/api-routes.js
+++ b/routes/api-routes.js
@@ -72,19 +72,12 @@ module.exports = (app) => {
         return Promise.all([fileData, getClaim(`${params.name}#${params.claimId}`)]);
       })
       .then(([ fileData, getResult ]) => {
-        if (getResult.completed !== true) {
-          return Promise.all([null, getResult]);  // pass get results to next function
-        }
         fileData = addGetResultsToFileData(fileData, getResult);
-        return Promise.all([db.File.create(fileData), getResult]);  // note: make this 'upsert' ?
+        return Promise.all([db.File.create(fileData), getResult]);  // insert a record for the claim into the File table
       })
       .then(([ fileRecord, {message, completed} ]) => {
         res.status(200).json({ status: 'success', message, completed });
-        if (fileRecord) {
-          logger.debug('File record successfully created');
-        } else {
-          logger.debug('No file record created');
-        }
+        logger.debug('File record successfully created');
       })
       .catch(error => {
         errorHandlers.handleApiError('get', originalUrl, ip, error, res);
diff --git a/views/partials/asset.handlebars b/views/partials/asset.handlebars
index 66e57c3e..4a820cdc 100644
--- a/views/partials/asset.handlebars
+++ b/views/partials/asset.handlebars
@@ -116,33 +116,6 @@
             // Initiate a multipart/form-data upload
             xhr.send();
         },
-        checkIfAssetIsFullyDownloaded: function(claimName, claimId) {
-            // make a get request, and see fi the asset is fully downloaded.
-            console.log(`getting ${claimName}#${claimId}`)
-            var uri = `/api/get_claim/${claimName}/${claimId}`;
-            var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-            var that = this;
-            xhr.open("GET", uri, true);
-            xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
-                if (xhr.readyState == 4) {
-                    const response = JSON.parse(xhr.response);
-                    if (xhr.status == 200) {
-                        console.log('get returned successfully', response);
-                        if (response.completed === true) {
-                            console.log('lbrynet has finished downloading the asset');
-                        } else {
-                            console.log('lbrynet has not finished downloading the asset');
-                            setTimeout(that.checkIfAssetIsFullyDownloaded.bind(that, claimName, claimId), 5000);
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        console.log('get failed:', response);
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    console.log('xhr.readyState', xhr.readyState);
-                }
-            };
-            xhr.send();
-        }
     }
 
     getAssetFunctions.checkClaimAvailability('{{claimInfo.name}}', '{{claimInfo.claimId}}');