diff --git a/src/helpers/pull-request-parsing.ts b/src/helpers/pull-request-parsing.ts
index efa307b..87a86e6 100644
--- a/src/helpers/pull-request-parsing.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/pull-request-parsing.ts
@@ -9,13 +9,8 @@ export async function processPullRequestDiff(diff: string, tokenLimits: TokenLim
   // parse the diff into per-file diffs for quicker processing
   const perFileDiffs = parsePerFileDiffs(diff);
 
-  // filter out obviously non-essential files; .png, .jpg, .pdf, etc.
-  const essentialFileDiffs = perFileDiffs.filter(({ filename }) => {
-    return isEssentialFile(filename);
-  });
-
   // quick estimate using a simple heuristic; 3.5 characters per token
-  const estimatedFileDiffStats = essentialFileDiffs.map(({ filename, diffContent }) => {
+  const estimatedFileDiffStats = perFileDiffs.map(({ filename, diffContent }) => {
     const estimatedTokenCount = Math.ceil(diffContent.length / 3.5);
     return { filename, estimatedTokenCount, diffContent };
   });
@@ -107,155 +102,3 @@ export function parsePerFileDiffs(diff: string): { filename: string; diffContent
 
   return perFileDiffs;
 }
-
-// This speeds things up considerably by skipping non-readable/non-relevant files
-function isEssentialFile(filename: string): boolean {
-  const nonEssentialExtensions = [
-    // Image files
-    ".png",
-    ".jpg",
-    ".jpeg",
-    ".gif",
-    ".bmp",
-    ".tiff",
-    ".svg",
-    ".ico",
-    ".psd",
-    ".ai",
-    ".eps",
-
-    // Video files
-    ".mp4",
-    ".avi",
-    ".mov",
-    ".wmv",
-    ".flv",
-    ".mkv",
-    ".webm",
-    ".mpeg",
-    ".mpg",
-    ".m4v",
-
-    // Audio files
-    ".mp3",
-    ".wav",
-    ".flac",
-    ".aac",
-    ".ogg",
-    ".wma",
-    ".m4a",
-    ".aiff",
-    ".ape",
-
-    // Document files
-    ".pdf",
-    ".doc",
-    ".docx",
-    ".xls",
-    ".xlsx",
-    ".ppt",
-    ".pptx",
-    ".odt",
-    ".ods",
-    ".odp",
-
-    // Archive files
-    ".zip",
-    ".rar",
-    ".7z",
-    ".tar",
-    ".gz",
-    ".bz2",
-    ".xz",
-    ".lz",
-    ".z",
-
-    // Executable and binary files
-    ".exe",
-    ".dll",
-    ".so",
-    ".dylib",
-    ".bin",
-    ".class",
-    ".jar",
-    ".war",
-    ".ear",
-    ".msi",
-    ".apk",
-    ".ipa",
-
-    // Compiled object files
-    ".o",
-    ".obj",
-    ".pyc",
-    ".pyo",
-    ".pyd",
-    ".lib",
-    ".a",
-    ".dSYM",
-
-    // System and temporary files
-    ".sys",
-    ".tmp",
-    ".bak",
-    ".old",
-    ".swp",
-    ".swo",
-    ".lock",
-    ".cfg",
-    ".ini",
-
-    // Database files
-    ".db",
-    ".sqlite",
-    ".sqlite3",
-    ".mdb",
-    ".accdb",
-    ".dbf",
-    ".frm",
-    ".myd",
-    ".myi",
-
-    // Font files
-    ".ttf",
-    ".otf",
-    ".woff",
-    ".woff2",
-    ".eot",
-
-    // Backup and miscellaneous files
-    ".log",
-    ".bak",
-    ".orig",
-    ".sav",
-    ".save",
-    ".dump",
-
-    // Other non-essential files
-    ".crt",
-    ".pem",
-    ".key",
-    ".csr",
-    ".der", // Certificate files
-    ".plist",
-    ".mobileprovision", // iOS specific files
-    ".icns", // macOS icon files
-    ".ds_store",
-    "thumbs.db",
-    "desktop.ini", // System files
-
-    // Generated files
-    ".map",
-    ".min.js",
-    ".d.ts",
-    ".map.js",
-    ".map.css",
-    ".bundle.js",
-    ".bundle.css",
-    ".bundle.js.map",
-    ".bundle.css.map",
-    ".bundle.min.js",
-  ];
-
-  return !nonEssentialExtensions.some((ext) => filename.toLowerCase().endsWith(ext));
-}