diff --git a/engine/storage/image/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/image/TemplateServiceImpl.java b/engine/storage/image/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/image/TemplateServiceImpl.java
index 6c4fcab2f174..c040e1a7ad69 100644
--- a/engine/storage/image/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/image/TemplateServiceImpl.java
+++ b/engine/storage/image/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/image/TemplateServiceImpl.java
@@ -532,11 +532,6 @@ public void handleTemplateSync(DataStore store) {
                                 s_logger.info("Skip downloading template " + tmplt.getUniqueName() + " since no url is specified.");
                                 continue;
                             }
-                            // if this is private template, skip sync to a new image store
-                            if (isSkipTemplateStoreDownload(tmplt, zoneId)) {
-                                s_logger.info("Skip sync downloading private template " + tmplt.getUniqueName() + " to a new image store");
-                                continue;
-                            }
 
                             // if this is a region store, and there is already an DOWNLOADED entry there without install_path information, which
                             // means that this is a duplicate entry from migration of previous NFS to staging.