diff --git a/res/css/views/elements/_RichText.pcss b/res/css/views/elements/_RichText.pcss
index b85eb8357ed..7840e992602 100644
--- a/res/css/views/elements/_RichText.pcss
+++ b/res/css/views/elements/_RichText.pcss
@@ -35,10 +35,3 @@
 .mx_Markdown_STRIKETHROUGH {
     text-decoration: line-through;
 }
-
-.mx_Emoji {
-    /* Should be 1.8rem for our default message bodies, and scale with the */
-    /* surrounding text */
-    font-size: max($font-18px, 1em);
-    vertical-align: bottom;
-}