diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4d68cc6e..42efc7e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,12 +22,10 @@
     "cropperjs": "^1.4.3",
     "diff": "^3.0.1",
     "escape-html": "^1.0.3",
-    "karma-mocha-reporter": "^2.2.1",
     "localforage": "^1.5.0",
     "object-path": "^0.11.3",
     "phoenix": "^1.3.0",
     "portal-vue": "^2.1.4",
-    "sanitize-html": "^1.13.0",
     "v-click-outside": "^2.1.1",
     "vue": "^2.6.11",
     "vue-chat-scroll": "^1.2.1",
@@ -39,6 +37,7 @@
     "whatwg-fetch": "^2.0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "karma-mocha-reporter": "^2.2.1",
     "@babel/core": "^7.7.5",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-runtime": "^7.7.6",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.7.6",
diff --git a/src/services/status_parser/status_parser.js b/src/services/status_parser/status_parser.js
index 3d517e3c..ed0f6d57 100644
--- a/src/services/status_parser/status_parser.js
+++ b/src/services/status_parser/status_parser.js
@@ -1,17 +1,4 @@
 import { filter } from 'lodash'
-import sanitize from 'sanitize-html'
-
-export const removeAttachmentLinks = (html) => {
-  return sanitize(html, {
-    allowedTags: false,
-    allowedAttributes: false,
-    exclusiveFilter: ({ tag, attribs }) => tag === 'a' && typeof attribs.class === 'string' && attribs.class.match(/attachment/)
-  })
-}
-
-export const parse = (html) => {
-  return removeAttachmentLinks(html)
-}
 
 export const muteWordHits = (status, muteWords) => {
   const statusText = status.text.toLowerCase()
@@ -22,5 +9,3 @@ export const muteWordHits = (status, muteWords) => {
 
   return hits
 }
-
-export default parse
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/services/status_parser/status_parses.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/services/status_parser/status_parses.spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7afd5042..00000000
--- a/test/unit/specs/services/status_parser/status_parses.spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import { removeAttachmentLinks } from '../../../../../src/services/status_parser/status_parser.js'
-
-const example = '<div class="status-content">@<a href="https://sealion.club/user/4" class="h-card mention" title="dewoo">dwmatiz</a> <a href="https://social.heldscal.la/file/3deb764ada10ce64a61b7a070b75dac45f86d2d5bf213bf18873da71d8714d86.png" title="https://social.heldscal.la/file/3deb764ada10ce64a61b7a070b75dac45f86d2d5bf213bf18873da71d8714d86.png" class="attachment" id="attachment-159853" rel="nofollow external">https://social.heldscal.la/attachment/159853</a></div>'
-
-describe('statusParser.removeAttachmentLinks', () => {
-  const exampleWithoutAttachmentLinks = '<div class="status-content">@<a href="https://sealion.club/user/4" class="h-card mention" title="dewoo">dwmatiz</a> </div>'
-
-  it('removes attachment links', () => {
-    const parsed = removeAttachmentLinks(example)
-    expect(parsed).to.eql(exampleWithoutAttachmentLinks)
-  })
-
-  it('works when the class is empty', () => {
-    const parsed = removeAttachmentLinks('<a></a>')
-    expect(parsed).to.eql('<a></a>')
-  })
-})