diff --git a/api/services/file_service.py b/api/services/file_service.py
index d417e81734c8af..a43932878d6f48 100644
--- a/api/services/file_service.py
+++ b/api/services/file_service.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def upload_file(
         if len(filename) > 200:
             filename = filename.split(".")[0][:200] + "." + extension
 
-        if source == "datasets" and extension not in DOCUMENT_EXTENSIONS:
+        if extension not in DOCUMENT_EXTENSIONS:
             raise UnsupportedFileTypeError()
 
         # get file size