lazyload.min.js deselected but always loaded

I’ve seen this in browser console on quite a few sites already:

The resource https://example.com/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/pub/js/lazyload.min.js was preloaded using link preload but not used within a few seconds from the window’s load event. Please make sure it has an appropriate as value and it is preloaded intentionally.

But in the settings, lazy loading by W3TC is not selected. In general I’ve had some problems with WP’s lazy loading, and for a lot of the websites I manage, which have few images, it’s just not worth the hassle – whoever wants to be doing it.

But in this case it’s obviously W3TC, as this is the code generated, right at the start of the head area:

<style>img.lazy{min-height:1px}</style>
<link rel=preload href=https://example.com/wp-content/plugins/w3-total-cache/pub/js/lazyload.min.js as=script>

For a plugin that’s trying to speed up web page delivery, it seems a bit ironic that it’s generating a preloading which is then not used… Would be grateful if this could be cleared up.

Apart from that, I’m a great fan of W3TC – thanks for a wonderful plugin!

Tim