diff --git a/changelog/next.md b/changelog/next.md
index 4883c93..4f550e8 100644
--- a/changelog/next.md
+++ b/changelog/next.md
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ set shell id.
 - IPC operations filter available instances to the current display connection by default.
 - PwNodeLinkTracker ignores sound level monitoring programs.
 - Replaced breakpad with cpptrace.
-- Reloads are prevented if no file content has changed.
 
 ## Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/src/core/generation.cpp b/src/core/generation.cpp
index 21febc3..c68af71 100644
--- a/src/core/generation.cpp
+++ b/src/core/generation.cpp
@@ -209,8 +209,6 @@ bool EngineGeneration::setExtraWatchedFiles(const QVector<QString>& files) {
 	for (const auto& file: files) {
 		if (!this->scanner.scannedFiles.contains(file)) {
 			this->extraWatchedFiles.append(file);
-			QByteArray data;
-			this->scanner.readAndHashFile(file, data);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -231,11 +229,6 @@ void EngineGeneration::onFileChanged(const QString& name) {
 		auto fileInfo = QFileInfo(name);
 		if (fileInfo.isFile() && fileInfo.size() == 0) return;
 
-		if (!this->scanner.hasFileContentChanged(name)) {
-			qCDebug(logQmlScanner) << "Ignoring file change with unchanged content:" << name;
-			return;
-		}
-
 		emit this->filesChanged();
 	}
 }
@@ -244,11 +237,6 @@ void EngineGeneration::onDirectoryChanged() {
 	// try to find any files that were just deleted from a replace operation
 	for (auto& file: this->deletedWatchedFiles) {
 		if (QFileInfo(file).exists()) {
-			if (!this->scanner.hasFileContentChanged(file)) {
-				qCDebug(logQmlScanner) << "Ignoring restored file with unchanged content:" << file;
-				continue;
-			}
-
 			emit this->filesChanged();
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/src/core/scan.cpp b/src/core/scan.cpp
index 58da38c..37b0fac 100644
--- a/src/core/scan.cpp
+++ b/src/core/scan.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include <utility>
 
 #include <qcontainerfwd.h>
-#include <qcryptographichash.h>
 #include <qdir.h>
 #include <qfileinfo.h>
 #include <qjsengine.h>
@@ -22,25 +21,6 @@
 
 QS_LOGGING_CATEGORY(logQmlScanner, "quickshell.qmlscanner", QtWarningMsg);
 
-bool QmlScanner::readAndHashFile(const QString& path, QByteArray& data) {
-	auto file = QFile(path);
-	if (!file.open(QFile::ReadOnly)) return false;
-	data = file.readAll();
-	this->fileHashes.insert(path, QCryptographicHash::hash(data, QCryptographicHash::Md5));
-	return true;
-}
-
-bool QmlScanner::hasFileContentChanged(const QString& path) const {
-	auto it = this->fileHashes.constFind(path);
-	if (it == this->fileHashes.constEnd()) return true;
-
-	auto file = QFile(path);
-	if (!file.open(QFile::ReadOnly)) return true;
-
-	auto newHash = QCryptographicHash::hash(file.readAll(), QCryptographicHash::Md5);
-	return newHash != it.value();
-}
-
 void QmlScanner::scanDir(const QDir& dir) {
 	if (this->scannedDirs.contains(dir)) return;
 	this->scannedDirs.push_back(dir);
@@ -129,13 +109,13 @@ bool QmlScanner::scanQmlFile(const QString& path, bool& singleton, bool& interna
 
 	qCDebug(logQmlScanner) << "Scanning qml file" << path;
 
-	QByteArray fileData;
-	if (!this->readAndHashFile(path, fileData)) {
+	auto file = QFile(path);
+	if (!file.open(QFile::ReadOnly | QFile::Text)) {
 		qCWarning(logQmlScanner) << "Failed to open file" << path;
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	auto stream = QTextStream(&fileData);
+	auto stream = QTextStream(&file);
 	auto imports = QVector<QString>();
 
 	bool inHeader = true;
@@ -239,6 +219,8 @@ bool QmlScanner::scanQmlFile(const QString& path, bool& singleton, bool& interna
 		postError("unclosed preprocessor if block");
 	}
 
+	file.close();
+
 	if (isOverridden) {
 		this->fileIntercepts.insert(path, overrideText);
 	}
@@ -275,11 +257,8 @@ bool QmlScanner::scanQmlFile(const QString& path, bool& singleton, bool& interna
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (import.endsWith(".js")) {
-			this->scannedFiles.push_back(cpath);
-			QByteArray jsData;
-			this->readAndHashFile(cpath, jsData);
-		} else this->scanDir(cpath);
+		if (import.endsWith(".js")) this->scannedFiles.push_back(cpath);
+		else this->scanDir(cpath);
 	}
 
 	return true;
@@ -294,12 +273,14 @@ void QmlScanner::scanQmlRoot(const QString& path) {
 bool QmlScanner::scanQmlJson(const QString& path) {
 	qCDebug(logQmlScanner) << "Scanning qml.json file" << path;
 
-	QByteArray data;
-	if (!this->readAndHashFile(path, data)) {
+	auto file = QFile(path);
+	if (!file.open(QFile::ReadOnly | QFile::Text)) {
 		qCWarning(logQmlScanner) << "Failed to open file" << path;
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	auto data = file.readAll();
+
 	// Importing this makes CI builds fail for some reason.
 	QJsonParseError error; // NOLINT (misc-include-cleaner)
 	auto json = QJsonDocument::fromJson(data, &error);
diff --git a/src/core/scan.hpp b/src/core/scan.hpp
index 26034e1..29f8f6a 100644
--- a/src/core/scan.hpp
+++ b/src/core/scan.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <qbytearray.h>
 #include <qcontainerfwd.h>
 #include <qdir.h>
 #include <qhash.h>
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ public:
 
 	QVector<QDir> scannedDirs;
 	QVector<QString> scannedFiles;
-	QHash<QString, QByteArray> fileHashes;
 	QHash<QString, QString> fileIntercepts;
 
 	struct ScanError {
@@ -33,9 +31,6 @@ public:
 
 	QVector<ScanError> scanErrors;
 
-	bool readAndHashFile(const QString& path, QByteArray& data);
-	[[nodiscard]] bool hasFileContentChanged(const QString& path) const;
-
 private:
 	QDir rootPath;
 
diff --git a/src/crash/handler.cpp b/src/crash/handler.cpp
index 8f37085..c875c2e 100644
--- a/src/crash/handler.cpp
+++ b/src/crash/handler.cpp
@@ -81,11 +81,6 @@ void signalHandler(
 
 	auto coredumpPid = fork();
 	if (coredumpPid == 0) {
-		// NOLINTBEGIN (misc-include-cleaner)
-		sigset_t set;
-		sigfillset(&set);
-		sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &set, nullptr);
-		// NOLINTEND
 		raise(sig);
 		_exit(-1);
 	}