diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3c743e5bd..c04ccec32 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ## Fixed
 - Meilisearch: order of results returned from our REST API now actually matches how Meilisearch ranks results
+- Emoji are now federated as anonymous objects, fixing issues with
+  some strict servers e.g. rejecting e.g. remote emoji reactions
 
 ## Changed
 - Refactored Rich Media to cache the content in the database. Fetching operations that could block status rendering have been eliminated.
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
index ca5e85f2e..75c1f0f0c 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier.ex
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ defp build_emoji_tag({name, url}) do
       "name" => ":" <> name <> ":",
       "type" => "Emoji",
       "updated" => "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z",
-      "id" => url
+      "id" => nil
     }
   end
 
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier/note_handling_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier/note_handling_test.exs
index 16ee31483..c8aa2a1ed 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier/note_handling_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/transmogrifier/note_handling_test.exs
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ test "take_emoji_tags/1" do
     assert Transmogrifier.take_emoji_tags(user) == [
              %{
                "icon" => %{"type" => "Image", "url" => "https://example.org/firefox.png"},
-               "id" => "https://example.org/firefox.png",
+               "id" => nil,
                "name" => ":firefox:",
                "type" => "Emoji",
                "updated" => "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z"
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/views/user_view_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/views/user_view_test.exs
index abe91cdea..2a367b680 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/views/user_view_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/views/user_view_test.exs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ test "Renders with emoji tags" do
              "tag" => [
                %{
                  "icon" => %{"type" => "Image", "url" => "/test"},
-                 "id" => "/test",
+                 "id" => nil,
                  "name" => ":bib:",
                  "type" => "Emoji",
                  "updated" => "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z"