diff --git a/mopidy/local/commands.py b/mopidy/local/commands.py
index 79c1c505..798c10f8 100644
--- a/mopidy/local/commands.py
+++ b/mopidy/local/commands.py
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ class ScanCommand(commands.Command):
                     mtime = file_mtimes.get(os.path.join(media_dir, relpath))
                     track = utils.convert_tags_to_track(tags).copy(
                         uri=uri, length=duration, last_modified=mtime)
-                    track = translator.add_musicbrainz_coverart_to_track(track)
                     if library.add_supports_tags_and_duration:
                         library.add(track, tags=tags, duration=duration)
                     else:
diff --git a/mopidy/local/translator.py b/mopidy/local/translator.py
index d0c19c27..6800c478 100644
--- a/mopidy/local/translator.py
+++ b/mopidy/local/translator.py
@@ -13,19 +13,10 @@ from mopidy.utils.path import path_to_uri, uri_to_path
 
 
 M3U_EXTINF_RE = re.compile(r'#EXTINF:(-1|\d+),(.*)')
-COVERART_BASE = 'http://coverartarchive.org/release/%s/front'
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def add_musicbrainz_coverart_to_track(track):
-    if track.album and track.album.musicbrainz_id:
-        images = [COVERART_BASE % track.album.musicbrainz_id]
-        album = track.album.copy(images=images)
-        track = track.copy(album=album)
-    return track
-
-
 def local_track_uri_to_file_uri(uri, media_dir):
     return path_to_uri(local_track_uri_to_path(uri, media_dir))
 
diff --git a/tests/local/test_translator.py b/tests/local/test_translator.py
index b238c909..d3ba9e68 100644
--- a/tests/local/test_translator.py
+++ b/tests/local/test_translator.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import tempfile
 import unittest
 
 from mopidy.local import translator
-from mopidy.models import Album, Track
+from mopidy.models import Track
 from mopidy.utils import path
 
 from tests import path_to_data_dir
@@ -118,16 +118,3 @@ class M3UToUriTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
 class URItoM3UTest(unittest.TestCase):
     pass
-
-
-class AddMusicbrainzCoverartTest(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_add_cover_for_album(self):
-        album = Album(musicbrainz_id='someid')
-        track = Track(album=album)
-
-        expected = album.copy(
-            images=['http://coverartarchive.org/release/someid/front'])
-
-        self.assertEqual(
-            track.copy(album=expected),
-            translator.add_musicbrainz_coverart_to_track(track))