diff --git a/web/input/input-state-container.react.js b/web/input/input-state-container.react.js
--- a/web/input/input-state-container.react.js
+++ b/web/input/input-state-container.react.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // @flow
 
-import { detect as detectBrowser } from 'detect-browser';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import _groupBy from 'lodash/fp/groupBy.js';
 import _keyBy from 'lodash/fp/keyBy.js';
@@ -115,10 +114,6 @@
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { nonThreadCalendarQuery } from '../selectors/nav-selectors.js';
 
-const browser = detectBrowser();
-const exifRotate =
-  !browser || (browser.name !== 'safari' && browser.name !== 'chrome');
-
 type BaseProps = {
   +children: React.Node,
 };
@@ -746,7 +741,7 @@
     let response;
     const validationStart = Date.now();
     try {
-      response = await validateFile(file, exifRotate);
+      response = await validateFile(file);
     } catch (e) {
       return {
         steps,
diff --git a/web/media/media-utils.js b/web/media/media-utils.js
--- a/web/media/media-utils.js
+++ b/web/media/media-utils.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 
+import { detect as detectBrowser } from 'detect-browser';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { thumbHashToDataURL } from 'thumbhash';
 
@@ -96,10 +97,12 @@
   uri: string,
   dimensions: ?Dimensions,
 };
-async function processFile(
-  file: File,
-  exifRotate: boolean,
-): Promise<{
+
+const browser = detectBrowser();
+const exifRotate =
+  !browser || (browser.name !== 'safari' && browser.name !== 'chrome');
+
+async function processFile(file: File): Promise<{
   steps: $ReadOnlyArray<MediaMissionStep>,
   result: MediaMissionFailure | ProcessFileSuccess,
 }> {
@@ -201,16 +204,13 @@
   uri: string,
   dimensions: ?Dimensions,
 };
-async function validateFile(
-  file: File,
-  exifRotate: boolean,
-): Promise<{
+async function validateFile(file: File): Promise<{
   steps: $ReadOnlyArray<MediaMissionStep>,
   result: MediaMissionFailure | FileValidationSuccess,
 }> {
   const [probeResponse, processResponse] = await Promise.all([
     probeFile(file),
-    processFile(file, exifRotate),
+    processFile(file),
   ]);
   const { steps: probeSteps, result: probeResult } = probeResponse;
   const { steps: processSteps, result: processResult } = processResponse;