diff --git a/pkg/controller/photo/certification.go b/pkg/controller/photo/certification.go
index ea9dad4..d7fecad 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/photo/certification.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/photo/certification.go
@@ -190,21 +190,6 @@ func Certification() http.HandlerFunc {
 				log.Error("chat.MaybeDisconnectUser(%s#%d): %s", currentUser.Username, currentUser.ID, err)
 			}
 
-			// Notify the admin email to check out this photo.
-			if cert.Status == models.CertificationPhotoPending {
-				if err := mail.Send(mail.Message{
-					To:       config.Current.AdminEmail,
-					Subject:  "New Certification Photo Needs Approval",
-					Template: "email/certification_admin.html",
-					Data: map[string]interface{}{
-						"User": currentUser,
-						"URL":  config.Current.BaseURL + "/admin/photo/certification",
-					},
-				}); err != nil {
-					log.Error("Certification: failed to notify admins of pending photo: %s", err)
-				}
-			}
-
 			// Log the change. Note the original IP and GeoIP insights - we once saw a spammer upload
 			// their cert photo from Nigeria, and before we could reject it, they removed and reuploaded
 			// it from New York using a VPN. If it wasn't seen in real time, this might have slipped by.