diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/addons/storage-item-selector/storage-item-selector.component.html b/src/app/shared/components/addons/storage-item-selector/storage-item-selector.component.html
index d2f04b986..0d860844d 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/components/addons/storage-item-selector/storage-item-selector.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/components/addons/storage-item-selector/storage-item-selector.component.html
@@ -44,15 +44,6 @@ <h3 class="mt-4 mb-2">
       [handleFolderSelection]="handleFolderSelection"
       [rootFolder]="selectedStorageItem()"
     ></osf-google-file-picker>
-    @if (selectedStorageItem() !== null) {
-      <osf-google-file-picker
-        #filePicker
-        [isFolderPicker]="false"
-        [accountId]="accountId()"
-        [currentAddonType]="currentAddonType()"
-        [rootFolder]="selectedStorageItem()"
-      ></osf-google-file-picker>
-    }
   } @else {
     <div class="folders-table flex flex-column">
       <div class="folders-table-heading flex justify-content-between">
diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/addons/storage-item-selector/storage-item-selector.component.ts b/src/app/shared/components/addons/storage-item-selector/storage-item-selector.component.ts
index 597e887e2..b5fb14896 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/components/addons/storage-item-selector/storage-item-selector.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/components/addons/storage-item-selector/storage-item-selector.component.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import { InputText } from 'primeng/inputtext';
 import { RadioButton } from 'primeng/radiobutton';
 import { Skeleton } from 'primeng/skeleton';
 
-import { timer } from 'rxjs';
-
 import {
   ChangeDetectionStrategy,
   Component,
@@ -24,7 +22,6 @@ import {
   OnInit,
   output,
   signal,
-  viewChild,
 } from '@angular/core';
 import { takeUntilDestroyed, toSignal } from '@angular/core/rxjs-interop';
 import { FormControl, FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
@@ -63,8 +60,6 @@ import { ResourceTypeInfoDialogComponent } from '../resource-type-info-dialog/re
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
 })
 export class StorageItemSelectorComponent implements OnInit {
-  addFilesPicker = viewChild<GoogleFilePickerComponent>('filePicker');
-
   private destroyRef = inject(DestroyRef);
   private customDialogService = inject(CustomDialogService);
   private translateService = inject(TranslateService);
@@ -241,11 +236,6 @@ export class StorageItemSelectorComponent implements OnInit {
   handleFolderSelection = (folder: StorageItem): void => {
     this.selectedStorageItem.set(folder);
     this.hasFolderChanged.set(folder?.itemId !== this.initiallySelectedStorageItem()?.itemId);
-    if (this.isGoogleFilePicker()) {
-      timer(1000)
-        .pipe(takeUntilDestroyed(this.destroyRef))
-        .subscribe(() => this.addFilesPicker()?.createPicker());
-    }
   };
 
   private updateBreadcrumbs(