diff --git a/addons/event-publisher/common/src/main/java/org/commonjava/indy/event/publisher/KafkaEventPublisher.java b/addons/event-publisher/common/src/main/java/org/commonjava/indy/event/publisher/KafkaEventPublisher.java
index 02be6e5332..dbad8f08dc 100644
--- a/addons/event-publisher/common/src/main/java/org/commonjava/indy/event/publisher/KafkaEventPublisher.java
+++ b/addons/event-publisher/common/src/main/java/org/commonjava/indy/event/publisher/KafkaEventPublisher.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import static org.commonjava.indy.core.content.ContentMetadataGenerator.FORCE_CHECKSUM_AND_WRITE;
 import static org.commonjava.maven.galley.util.LocationUtils.ATTR_PATH_ENCODE;
 import static org.commonjava.maven.galley.util.LocationUtils.PATH_ENCODE_BASE64;
 
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ private void transformFileEvent( org.commonjava.maven.galley.event.FileEvent gal
 
             fileEvent.setTimestamp( new Date() );
 
+            galleyMetadata.set( FORCE_CHECKSUM_AND_WRITE, Boolean.FALSE );
             TransferMetadata artifactData = contentDigester.digest( affectedStore, path, galleyMetadata );
             fileEvent.setMd5( artifactData.getDigests().get( ContentDigest.MD5 ) );
             fileEvent.setSha1( artifactData.getDigests().get( ContentDigest.SHA_1 ) );