diff --git a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/Interactions/OWSLinkPreview.swift b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/Interactions/OWSLinkPreview.swift
index 3096f58ad..80faf4545 100644
--- a/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/Interactions/OWSLinkPreview.swift
+++ b/SignalServiceKit/src/Messages/Interactions/OWSLinkPreview.swift
@@ -627,7 +627,8 @@ public class OWSLinkPreview: MTLModel {
 
         Logger.verbose("url: \(urlString)")
 
-        let sessionConfiguration = ContentProxy.sessionConfiguration()
+        // let sessionConfiguration = ContentProxy.sessionConfiguration() // Loki: Signal's proxy appears to have been banned by YouTube
+        let sessionConfiguration = URLSessionConfiguration.ephemeral
 
         // Don't use any caching to protect privacy of these requests.
         sessionConfiguration.requestCachePolicy = .reloadIgnoringLocalCacheData