diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/svg_upload.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/svg_upload.cljs
index a573cd594b..265c31b0b2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/svg_upload.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/svg_upload.cljs
@@ -47,10 +47,12 @@
                      (-> item
                          (assoc :name (extract-name href))
                          (assoc :url href))))))
+       (rx/filter (fn [item]
+                    (or (contains? item :content)
+                        (let [url (:url item)]
+                          (or (str/starts-with? url "http://")
+                              (str/starts-with? url "https://"))))))
        (rx/mapcat (fn [item]
-                    ;; TODO: :create-file-media-object-from-url is
-                    ;; deprecated and this should be resolved in
-                    ;; frontend
                     (->> (rp/cmd! (if (contains? item :content)
                                     :upload-file-media-object
                                     :create-file-media-object-from-url)