diff --git a/src/components/Asset/Edit/FormEditMetadata.tsx b/src/components/Asset/Edit/FormEditMetadata.tsx
index 4009b12dc..97cc52b51 100644
--- a/src/components/Asset/Edit/FormEditMetadata.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Asset/Edit/FormEditMetadata.tsx
@@ -50,16 +50,6 @@ export default function FormEditMetadata({
   }
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    // let's initiate files with empty url (we can't access the asset url) with type hidden (for UI frontend)
-    setTimeout(() => {
-      setFieldValue('files', [
-        {
-          url: '',
-          type: 'hidden'
-        }
-      ])
-    }, 500)
-
     const providerUrl = values?.services
       ? values?.services[0].providerUrl.url
       : asset.services[0].serviceEndpoint
diff --git a/src/components/Asset/Edit/_constants.ts b/src/components/Asset/Edit/_constants.ts
index 99809c943..3a8d7b20d 100644
--- a/src/components/Asset/Edit/_constants.ts
+++ b/src/components/Asset/Edit/_constants.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export function getInitialValues(
     description: metadata?.description,
     price,
     links: [{ url: '', type: 'url' }],
-    files: [{ url: '', type: 'ipfs' }],
+    files: [{ url: '', type: 'hidden' }],
     timeout: secondsToString(service?.timeout),
     author: metadata?.author,
     tags: metadata?.tags,