diff --git a/unstructured/ingest/v2/processes/connectors/fsspec/fsspec.py b/unstructured/ingest/v2/processes/connectors/fsspec/fsspec.py
index 4c9b49de65..1110e4d60f 100644
--- a/unstructured/ingest/v2/processes/connectors/fsspec/fsspec.py
+++ b/unstructured/ingest/v2/processes/connectors/fsspec/fsspec.py
@@ -306,9 +306,6 @@ class FsspecUploaderConfig(FileConfig, UploaderConfig):
 class FsspecUploader(Uploader):
     upload_config: FsspecUploaderConfigT = field(default=None)
 
-    def is_async(self) -> bool:
-        return self.fs.async_impl
-
     @property
     def fs(self) -> "AbstractFileSystem":
         from fsspec import get_filesystem_class