diff --git a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
index d84e3422..04bb45a4 100644
--- a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
+++ b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ export const parseUser = (data) => {
     output.fields = data.fields
     output.fields_html = data.fields.map(field => {
       return {
-        name: addEmojis(escape(field.name), data.emojis),
-        value: addEmojis(field.value, data.emojis)
+        name: escape(field.name),
+        value: field.value
       }
     })
     output.fields_text = data.fields.map(field => {
@@ -241,16 +241,6 @@ export const parseAttachment = (data) => {
 
   return output
 }
-export const addEmojis = (string, emojis) => {
-  const matchOperatorsRegex = /[|\\{}()[\]^$+*?.-]/g
-  return emojis.reduce((acc, emoji) => {
-    const regexSafeShortCode = emoji.shortcode.replace(matchOperatorsRegex, '\\$&')
-    return acc.replace(
-      new RegExp(`:${regexSafeShortCode}:`, 'g'),
-      `<img src='${emoji.url}' alt=':${emoji.shortcode}:' title=':${emoji.shortcode}:' class='emoji' />`
-    )
-  }, string)
-}
 
 export const parseStatus = (data) => {
   const output = {}
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.spec.js
index 8a5a6ef9..8932bc7c 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { parseStatus, parseUser, parseNotification, addEmojis, parseLinkHeaderPagination } from '../../../../../src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js'
+import { parseStatus, parseUser, parseNotification, parseLinkHeaderPagination } from '../../../../../src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js'
 import mastoapidata from '../../../../fixtures/mastoapi.json'
 import qvitterapidata from '../../../../fixtures/statuses.json'
 
@@ -338,41 +338,6 @@ describe('API Entities normalizer', () => {
     })
   })
 
-  describe('MastoAPI emoji adder', () => {
-    const emojis = makeMockEmojiMasto()
-    const imageHtml = '<img src="https://example.com/image.png" alt=":image:" title=":image:" class="emoji" />'
-      .replace(/"/g, '\'')
-    const thinkHtml = '<img src="https://example.com/think.png" alt=":thinking:" title=":thinking:" class="emoji" />'
-      .replace(/"/g, '\'')
-
-    it('correctly replaces shortcodes in supplied string', () => {
-      const result = addEmojis('This post has :image: emoji and :thinking: emoji', emojis)
-      expect(result).to.include(thinkHtml)
-      expect(result).to.include(imageHtml)
-    })
-
-    it('handles consecutive emojis correctly', () => {
-      const result = addEmojis('Lelel emoji spam :thinking::thinking::thinking::thinking:', emojis)
-      expect(result).to.include(thinkHtml + thinkHtml + thinkHtml + thinkHtml)
-    })
-
-    it('Doesn\'t replace nonexistent emojis', () => {
-      const result = addEmojis('Admin add the :tenshi: emoji', emojis)
-      expect(result).to.equal('Admin add the :tenshi: emoji')
-    })
-
-    it('Doesn\'t blow up on regex special characters', () => {
-      const emojis = makeMockEmojiMasto([{
-        shortcode: 'c++'
-      }, {
-        shortcode: '[a-z] {|}*'
-      }])
-      const result = addEmojis('This post has :c++: emoji and :[a-z] {|}*: emoji', emojis)
-      expect(result).to.include('title=\':c++:\'')
-      expect(result).to.include('title=\':[a-z] {|}*:\'')
-    })
-  })
-
   describe('Link header pagination', () => {
     it('Parses min and max ids as integers', () => {
       const linkHeader = '<https://example.com/api/v1/notifications?max_id=861676>; rel="next", <https://example.com/api/v1/notifications?min_id=861741>; rel="prev"'