diff --git a/app/src/org/commcare/activities/components/ImageCaptureProcessing.java b/app/src/org/commcare/activities/components/ImageCaptureProcessing.java
index 12a811c09d..dfadf37a02 100644
--- a/app/src/org/commcare/activities/components/ImageCaptureProcessing.java
+++ b/app/src/org/commcare/activities/components/ImageCaptureProcessing.java
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 package org.commcare.activities.components;
 
+import android.content.ContentResolver;
+import android.content.ContentUris;
 import android.content.ContentValues;
 import android.content.Intent;
+import android.database.Cursor;
 import android.net.Uri;
+import android.provider.MediaStore;
 import android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media;
 import android.widget.Toast;
 
 import org.commcare.activities.FormEntryActivity;
-import org.commcare.google.services.analytics.AnalyticsParamValue;
-import org.commcare.google.services.analytics.FirebaseAnalyticsUtil;
-import org.commcare.util.LogTypes;
 import org.commcare.utils.FileUtil;
 import org.commcare.utils.UriToFilePath;
 import org.commcare.views.widgets.ImageWidget;
-import org.javarosa.core.services.Logger;
 import org.javarosa.core.services.locale.Localization;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ private static File moveAndScaleImage(File originalImage, boolean shouldScale,
             // If we didn't create a scaled image and save it to the final path, then relocate the
             // original image from the temp filepath to our final path
             File finalFile = new File(finalFilePath);
+
             if (!originalImage.renameTo(finalFile)) {
                 throw new IOException("Failed to rename " + originalImage.getAbsolutePath() +
                         " to " + finalFile.getAbsolutePath());
             } else {
+                deleteFileFromMediaStore(formEntryActivity.getContentResolver(), originalImage);
                 return finalFile;
             }
         } else {
@@ -74,11 +76,34 @@ private static File moveAndScaleImage(File originalImage, boolean shouldScale,
                 throw new IOException("Failed to rename " + originalImage.getAbsolutePath() +
                         " to " + rawImageFile.getAbsolutePath());
             } else {
+                deleteFileFromMediaStore(formEntryActivity.getContentResolver(), originalImage);
                 return rawImageFile;
             }
         }
     }
 
+    public static void deleteFileFromMediaStore(final ContentResolver contentResolver, final File file) {
+        // Set up the projection (we only need the ID)
+        String[] projection = {MediaStore.Images.Media._ID};
+
+        // Match on the file path
+        String selection = MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA + " = ?";
+        String[] selectionArgs = new String[]{file.getAbsolutePath()};
+
+        // Query for the ID of the media matching the file path
+        Uri queryUri = MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;
+        Cursor c = contentResolver.query(queryUri, projection, selection, selectionArgs, null);
+        if (c.moveToFirst()) {
+            // We found the ID. Deleting the item via the content provider will also remove the file
+            long id = c.getLong(c.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media._ID));
+            Uri deleteUri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, id);
+            contentResolver.delete(deleteUri, null, null);
+        } else {
+            // File not found in media store DB
+        }
+        c.close();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Processes the return from an image capture intent, launched by either an ImageWidget or
      * SignatureWidget