diff --git a/llm_guard/input_scanners/anonymize.py b/llm_guard/input_scanners/anonymize.py
index 3ffae0c4..393e5c1b 100644
--- a/llm_guard/input_scanners/anonymize.py
+++ b/llm_guard/input_scanners/anonymize.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
     "US_BANK_NUMBER",
     "CREDIT_CARD_RE",
     "UUID",
-    "FILE_EXTENSION",
     "ARTIFACTORY_KEY",
     "AWS_KEY",
     "AZURE_STORAGE_KEY",
diff --git a/llm_guard/resources/sensisitive_patterns.json b/llm_guard/resources/sensisitive_patterns.json
index 1e72358d..2cd511d2 100644
--- a/llm_guard/resources/sensisitive_patterns.json
+++ b/llm_guard/resources/sensisitive_patterns.json
@@ -21,17 +21,6 @@
     "context": [],
     "score": 0.5
   },
-  {
-    "expressions": [
-      "\\.\\b(?:txt|pdf|docx?|xlsx?|pptx?|png|jpe?g|gif|mp4|avi|mp3|wav|zip|tar|gz|7z)\\b"
-    ],
-    "name": "FILE_EXTENSION",
-    "examples": [
-      ".txt"
-    ],
-    "context": [],
-    "score": 0.5
-  },
   {
     "expressions": [
       "(?:\\s|=|:|\"|^)AKC[a-zA-Z0-9]{10,}(?:\\s|\"|$)",