diff --git a/src/components/record/JSONRecordForm.tsx b/src/components/record/JSONRecordForm.tsx
index 05874ac57..0db78141f 100644
--- a/src/components/record/JSONRecordForm.tsx
+++ b/src/components/record/JSONRecordForm.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from "react";
 import BaseForm from "../BaseForm";
 import JSONEditor from "../JSONEditor";
 import { RJSFSchema, UiSchema } from "@rjsf/utils";
+import { omit } from "../../utils";
 
 const schema: RJSFSchema = {
   type: "string",
@@ -51,11 +52,9 @@ type Props = {
 };
 
 function splitAttachment(record: string) {
-  const jsRecord = JSON.parse(record);
+  let jsRecord = JSON.parse(record);
   const attachment = jsRecord.attachment || {};
-  if (jsRecord.attachment) {
-    delete jsRecord.attachment;
-  }
+  jsRecord = omit(jsRecord, ["attachment"]);
   return {
     attachment: attachment,
     jsonContent: JSON.stringify(jsRecord),
diff --git a/src/components/record/RecordForm.tsx b/src/components/record/RecordForm.tsx
index 247f0593f..b7a0adabb 100644
--- a/src/components/record/RecordForm.tsx
+++ b/src/components/record/RecordForm.tsx
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export default function RecordForm(props: Props) {
             record={JSON.stringify(recordData, null, 2)}
             onSubmit={handleOnSubmit}
             attachmentEnabled={attachment?.enabled}
-            // require an attachment on initial insert if attachments are required
+            // require an attachment on insert if attachments are required, don't need to re-upload on every edit
             attachmentRequired={attachment?.required && !record}
           >
             {buttons}