diff --git a/app/models/miq_report/seeding.rb b/app/models/miq_report/seeding.rb
index d443fe79cb6..8e4782306fb 100644
--- a/app/models/miq_report/seeding.rb
+++ b/app/models/miq_report/seeding.rb
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ def sync_from_file(filename, dir, typ)
       rec = find_by_filename(rpt[:filename])
 
       if rec
-        if rec.filename && (rec.file_mtime.nil? || rec.file_mtime.utc < rpt[:file_mtime])
-          _log.info("#{typ.titleize}: [#{rec.name}] file has been updated on disk, synchronizing with model")
+        if rec.filename
+          _log.info("#{typ.titleize}: [#{rec.name}] file exists, synchronizing with model")
           rec.update_attributes(rpt)
           rec.save
         end
diff --git a/app/models/miq_widget.rb b/app/models/miq_widget.rb
index 04495f01cac..861e0fe948d 100644
--- a/app/models/miq_widget.rb
+++ b/app/models/miq_widget.rb
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ def self.sync_from_hash(attrs)
 
     widget = find_by(:description => attrs["description"])
     if widget
-      if filename && widget.updated_at.utc < File.mtime(filename).utc
+      if filename
         $log.info("Widget: [#{widget.description}] file has been updated on disk, synchronizing with model")
         ["enabled", "visibility"].each { |a| attrs.delete(a) } # Don't updates these because they may have been modofoed by the end user.
         widget.updated_at = Time.now.utc