diff --git a/backend/src/app/binfile/v1.clj b/backend/src/app/binfile/v1.clj
index 1e3a7b9176..207b40ec96 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/binfile/v1.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/binfile/v1.clj
@@ -517,6 +517,15 @@
               (update :object-id #(str/replace-first % #"^(.*?)/" (str file-id "/")))))
         thumbnails))
 
+(defn- clean-features
+  [file]
+  (update file :features (fn [features]
+                           (if (set? features)
+                             (-> features
+                                 (cfeat/migrate-legacy-features)
+                                 (set/difference cfeat/backend-only-features))
+                             #{}))))
+
 (defmethod read-section :v1/files
   [{:keys [::db/conn ::input ::project-id ::bfc/overwrite ::name] :as system}]
 
@@ -527,6 +536,7 @@
           file-id    (:id file)
           file-id'   (bfc/lookup-index file-id)
 
+          file       (clean-features file)
           thumbnails (:thumbnails file)]
 
       (when (not= file-id expected-file-id)