diff --git a/zerver/lib/actions.py b/zerver/lib/actions.py
index 41e297fdf4..7e600146ca 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/actions.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/actions.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from analytics.lib.counts import COUNT_STATS, do_increment_logging_stat, \
 
 from zerver.lib.bugdown import (
     version as bugdown_version,
-    url_embed_preview_enabled,
 )
 from zerver.lib.addressee import Addressee
 from zerver.lib.bot_config import (
@@ -1499,7 +1498,7 @@ def do_send_messages(messages_maybe_none: Sequence[Optional[MutableMapping[str,
             event['sender_queue_id'] = message['sender_queue_id']
         send_event(message['realm'], event, users)
 
-        if url_embed_preview_enabled(message['message']) and links_for_embed:
+        if links_for_embed:
             event_data = {
                 'message_id': message['message'].id,
                 'message_content': message['message'].content,
diff --git a/zerver/views/messages.py b/zerver/views/messages.py
index 7023d68a47..b4a89df6f8 100644
--- a/zerver/views/messages.py
+++ b/zerver/views/messages.py
@@ -1608,7 +1608,7 @@ def update_message_backend(request: HttpRequest, user_profile: UserMessage,
 
     # Include the number of messages changed in the logs
     request._log_data['extra'] = "[%s]" % (number_changed,)
-    if links_for_embed and bugdown.url_embed_preview_enabled(message):
+    if links_for_embed:
         event_data = {
             'message_id': message.id,
             'message_content': message.content,