diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/posts/mediauploadcompletionprocessors/GalleryBlockProcessor.java b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/posts/mediauploadcompletionprocessors/GalleryBlockProcessor.java
index 81fb0f171377..ebfaea3cedab 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/posts/mediauploadcompletionprocessors/GalleryBlockProcessor.java
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/posts/mediauploadcompletionprocessors/GalleryBlockProcessor.java
@@ -81,11 +81,7 @@ public GalleryBlockProcessor(String localId, MediaFile mediaFile, String siteUrl
     }
 
     @Override boolean processBlockJsonAttributes(JsonObject jsonAttributes) {
-        // The presence of `imageCount` means we have the new format, so return early to defer to recursive processing
-        if (jsonAttributes.has("imageCount")) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
+        // The new format does not have an `ids` attributes, so returning false here will defer to recursive processing
         JsonArray ids = jsonAttributes.getAsJsonArray("ids");
         if (ids == null || ids.isJsonNull()) {
             return false;
diff --git a/WordPress/src/test/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/posts/mediauploadcompletionprocessors/TestContent.kt b/WordPress/src/test/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/posts/mediauploadcompletionprocessors/TestContent.kt
index 6ad93f7ee72f..d77a9a49377f 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/test/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/posts/mediauploadcompletionprocessors/TestContent.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/test/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/posts/mediauploadcompletionprocessors/TestContent.kt
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ object TestContent {
 </figure>
 <!-- /wp:image -->
 """
-    const val oldRefactoredGalleryBlock = """<!-- wp:gallery {"linkTo":"none","imageCount":3} -->
+    const val oldRefactoredGalleryBlock = """<!-- wp:gallery {"linkTo":"none"} -->
 <figure class="wp-block-gallery blocks-gallery-grid has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped">
 $oldRefactoredGalleryBlockInnerBlocks</figure>
 <!-- /wp:gallery -->
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ $oldRefactoredGalleryBlockInnerBlocks</figure>
 <!-- /wp:image -->
 """
 
-    const val newRefactoredGalleryBlock = """<!-- wp:gallery {"linkTo":"none","imageCount":3} -->
+    const val newRefactoredGalleryBlock = """<!-- wp:gallery {"linkTo":"none"} -->
 <figure class="wp-block-gallery blocks-gallery-grid has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped">
 $newRefactoredGalleryBlockInnerBlocks</figure>
 <!-- /wp:gallery -->