diff --git a/extensions/markdown-language-features/src/languageFeatures/copyFiles/copyPaste.ts b/extensions/markdown-language-features/src/languageFeatures/copyFiles/copyPaste.ts
index 461b749268d..f1d10eee7dd 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-language-features/src/languageFeatures/copyFiles/copyPaste.ts
+++ b/extensions/markdown-language-features/src/languageFeatures/copyFiles/copyPaste.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
-import { Schemes } from '../../util/schemes';
 import { getNewFileName } from './copyFiles';
 import { createUriListSnippet, tryGetUriListSnippet } from './dropIntoEditor';
 
@@ -26,10 +25,6 @@ class PasteEditProvider implements vscode.DocumentPasteEditProvider {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		if (document.uri.scheme === Schemes.notebookCell) {
-			return;
-		}
-
 		for (const imageMime of supportedImageMimes) {
 			const item = dataTransfer.get(imageMime);
 			const file = item?.asFile();