diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/text_editor.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/text_editor.js
index 910b54616f..94528b4113 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/text_editor.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/controls/text_editor.js
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 import Quill from 'quill';
-import { ImageDrop } from 'quill-image-drop-module';
-
-
-Quill.register('modules/imageDrop', ImageDrop);
 
 // replace <p> tag with <div>
 const Block = Quill.import('blots/block');
@@ -66,30 +62,6 @@ frappe.ui.form.ControlTextEditor = frappe.ui.form.ControlCode.extend({
 			e.stopPropagation();
 		});
 
-		// paste images
-		$(this.quill.root).on('paste', (e) => {
-			const clipboardData = e.originalEvent.clipboardData;
-			const files = clipboardData.files;
-			if (files.length > 0) {
-
-				Array.from(files).forEach(file => {
-					if (!file.type.match(/^image\/(gif|jpe?g|a?png|svg|webp|bmp|vnd\.microsoft\.icon)/i)) {
-						// file is not an image
-						// Note that some file formats such as psd start with image/* but are not readable
-						return;
-					}
-
-					frappe.dom.file_to_base64(file)
-						.then(data_url => {
-							setTimeout(() => {
-								const index = (this.quill.getSelection() || {}).index || this.quill.getLength();
-								this.quill.insertEmbed(index, 'image', data_url, 'user');
-							});
-						})
-				});
-			}
-		});
-
 		// table commands
 		this.$wrapper.on('click', '.ql-table .ql-picker-item', (e) => {
 			const $target = $(e.currentTarget);
@@ -133,7 +105,6 @@ frappe.ui.form.ControlTextEditor = frappe.ui.form.ControlCode.extend({
 		return {
 			modules: {
 				toolbar: this.get_toolbar_options(),
-				imageDrop: true,
 				table: true
 			},
 			theme: 'snow'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b7b83f5cd3..984b382c6f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
     "moment": "^2.20.1",
     "moment-timezone": "^0.5.21",
     "quill": "2.0.0-dev.2",
-    "quill-image-drop-module": "^1.0.3",
     "redis": "^2.8.0",
     "showdown": "^1.8.6",
     "socket.io": "^2.0.4",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 273ef77867..cff0ffc035 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1001,11 +1001,6 @@ etag@~1.8.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/etag/-/etag-1.8.1.tgz#41ae2eeb65efa62268aebfea83ac7d79299b0887"
   integrity sha1-Qa4u62XvpiJorr/qg6x9eSmbCIc=
 
-eventemitter3@^2.0.3:
-  version "2.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eventemitter3/-/eventemitter3-2.0.3.tgz#b5e1079b59fb5e1ba2771c0a993be060a58c99ba"
-  integrity sha1-teEHm1n7XhuidxwKmTvgYKWMmbo=
-
 eventemitter3@^3.1.0:
   version "3.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eventemitter3/-/eventemitter3-3.1.0.tgz#090b4d6cdbd645ed10bf750d4b5407942d7ba163"
@@ -2459,11 +2454,6 @@ p-try@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/p-try/-/p-try-1.0.0.tgz#cbc79cdbaf8fd4228e13f621f2b1a237c1b207b3"
   integrity sha1-y8ec26+P1CKOE/Yh8rGiN8GyB7M=
 
-parchment@^1.1.4:
-  version "1.1.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/parchment/-/parchment-1.1.4.tgz#aeded7ab938fe921d4c34bc339ce1168bc2ffde5"
-  integrity sha512-J5FBQt/pM2inLzg4hEWmzQx/8h8D0CiDxaG3vyp9rKrQRSDgBlhjdP5jQGgosEajXPSQouXGHOmVdgo7QmJuOg==
-
 parchment@quilljs/parchment#487850f7eb030a6c4e750ba809e58b09444e0bdb:
   version "2.0.0-dev"
   resolved "https://codeload.github.com/quilljs/parchment/tar.gz/487850f7eb030a6c4e750ba809e58b09444e0bdb"
@@ -3029,13 +3019,6 @@ quill-delta@^3.6.2:
     extend "^3.0.2"
     fast-diff "1.1.2"
 
-quill-image-drop-module@^1.0.3:
-  version "1.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/quill-image-drop-module/-/quill-image-drop-module-1.0.3.tgz#0e5ec8329dd67a12126f166b191bf64d2057a7d3"
-  integrity sha1-Dl7IMp3WehISbxZrGRv2TSBXp9M=
-  dependencies:
-    quill "^1.2.2"
-
 quill@2.0.0-dev.2:
   version "2.0.0-dev.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/quill/-/quill-2.0.0-dev.2.tgz#0f8bc962da28e3ebbb856f246200e7d32e39fc9f"
@@ -3048,18 +3031,6 @@ quill@2.0.0-dev.2:
     parchment quilljs/parchment#487850f7eb030a6c4e750ba809e58b09444e0bdb
     quill-delta "^3.6.2"
 
-quill@^1.2.2:
-  version "1.3.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/quill/-/quill-1.3.6.tgz#99f4de1fee85925a0d7d4163b6d8328f23317a4d"
-  integrity sha512-K0mvhimWZN6s+9OQ249CH2IEPZ9JmkFuCQeHAOQax3EZ2nDJ3wfGh59mnlQaZV2i7u8eFarx6wAtvQKgShojug==
-  dependencies:
-    clone "^2.1.1"
-    deep-equal "^1.0.1"
-    eventemitter3 "^2.0.3"
-    extend "^3.0.1"
-    parchment "^1.1.4"
-    quill-delta "^3.6.2"
-
 randomatic@^1.1.3:
   version "1.1.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/randomatic/-/randomatic-1.1.7.tgz#c7abe9cc8b87c0baa876b19fde83fd464797e38c"