diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/package.json b/packages/pl-fe/package.json
index 75262306a..28837b1f9 100644
--- a/packages/pl-fe/package.json
+++ b/packages/pl-fe/package.json
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@
     "reselect": "^5.1.1",
     "resize-observer-polyfill": "^1.5.1",
     "sass": "^1.79.4",
-    "semver": "^7.6.3",
     "stringz": "^2.1.0",
     "tiny-queue": "^0.2.1",
     "tslib": "^2.7.0",
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/reducers/custom-emojis.ts b/packages/pl-fe/src/reducers/custom-emojis.ts
index d6fe9f49e..4273d44c9 100644
--- a/packages/pl-fe/src/reducers/custom-emojis.ts
+++ b/packages/pl-fe/src/reducers/custom-emojis.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { buildCustomEmojis } from 'pl-fe/features/emoji';
-import emojiData from 'pl-fe/features/emoji/data';
 import { addCustomToPool } from 'pl-fe/features/emoji/search';
 
 import { CUSTOM_EMOJIS_FETCH_SUCCESS, type CustomEmojisAction } from '../actions/custom-emojis';
@@ -8,27 +7,10 @@ import type { CustomEmoji } from 'pl-api';
 
 const initialState: Array<CustomEmoji> = [];
 
-// Populate custom emojis for composer autosuggest
-const autosuggestPopulate = (emojis: Array<CustomEmoji>) => {
-  addCustomToPool(buildCustomEmojis(emojis));
-};
-
-const importEmojis = (customEmojis: Array<CustomEmoji>) => {
-  const emojis = customEmojis.filter((emoji) => {
-    // If a custom emoji has the shortcode of a Unicode emoji, skip it.
-    // Otherwise it breaks EmojiMart.
-    // https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/soapbox/-/issues/610
-    const shortcode = emoji.shortcode.toLowerCase();
-    return !emojiData.emojis[shortcode];
-  });
-
-  autosuggestPopulate(emojis);
-  return emojis;
-};
-
 const custom_emojis = (state = initialState, action: CustomEmojisAction) => {
   if (action.type === CUSTOM_EMOJIS_FETCH_SUCCESS) {
-    return importEmojis(action.custom_emojis);
+    addCustomToPool(buildCustomEmojis(action.custom_emojis));
+    return action.custom_emojis;
   }
 
   return state;