diff --git a/src/services/image.js b/src/services/image.js
index 21a3c3a3b..f7b892b67 100644
--- a/src/services/image.js
+++ b/src/services/image.js
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ const imageminGifLossy = require('imagemin-giflossy');
 const jimp = require('jimp');
 const imageType = require('image-type');
 const sanitizeFilename = require('sanitize-filename');
-const dateUtils = require('./date_utils');
 const noteRevisionService = require('./note_revisions.js');
-const NoteRevision = require("../entities/note_revision");
 
 async function processImage(uploadBuffer, originalName, shrinkImageSwitch) {
     const origImageFormat = imageType(uploadBuffer);
diff --git a/src/services/note_revisions.js b/src/services/note_revisions.js
index 02a567b47..c2f607bb1 100644
--- a/src/services/note_revisions.js
+++ b/src/services/note_revisions.js
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ const dateUtils = require('../services/date_utils');
  * @param {Note} note
  */
 async function protectNoteRevisions(note) {
-    if (await note.hasLabel('disableVersioning')) {
-        return;
-    }
-
     for (const revision of await note.getRevisions()) {
         if (note.isProtected !== revision.isProtected) {
             const content = await revision.getContent();
@@ -30,6 +26,10 @@ async function protectNoteRevisions(note) {
  * @return {NoteRevision}
  */
 async function createNoteRevision(note) {
+    if (await note.hasLabel("disableVersioning")) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     const noteRevision = await new NoteRevision({
         noteId: note.noteId,
         // title and text should be decrypted now
diff --git a/src/services/notes.js b/src/services/notes.js
index effd51097..a5b47bac1 100644
--- a/src/services/notes.js
+++ b/src/services/notes.js
@@ -317,8 +317,7 @@ async function saveLinks(note, content) {
 }
 
 async function saveNoteRevision(note) {
-    // files and images are immutable, they can't be updated
-    // but we don't even version titles which is probably not correct
+    // files and images are versioned separately
     if (note.type === 'file' || note.type === 'image' || await note.hasLabel('disableVersioning')) {
         return;
     }