diff --git a/src/actions/compose.ts b/src/actions/compose.ts
index 85b2d4c5d..fef615386 100644
--- a/src/actions/compose.ts
+++ b/src/actions/compose.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import toast from 'soapbox/toast';
 import { isLoggedIn } from 'soapbox/utils/auth';
 import { getFeatures, parseVersion } from 'soapbox/utils/features';
 
-import { useEmoji } from './emojis';
+import { chooseEmoji } from './emojis';
 import { importFetchedAccounts } from './importer';
 import { uploadFile, updateMedia } from './media';
 import { openModal, closeModal } from './modals';
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ const selectComposeSuggestion = (composeId: string, position: number, token: str
       completion    = isNativeEmoji(suggestion) ? suggestion.native : suggestion.colons;
       startPosition = position - 1;
 
-      dispatch(useEmoji(suggestion));
+      dispatch(chooseEmoji(suggestion));
     } else if (typeof suggestion === 'string' && suggestion[0] === '#') {
       completion    = suggestion;
       startPosition = position - 1;
diff --git a/src/actions/emojis.ts b/src/actions/emojis.ts
index f3d33ac61..2a959fcc3 100644
--- a/src/actions/emojis.ts
+++ b/src/actions/emojis.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ import { saveSettings } from './settings';
 import type { Emoji } from 'soapbox/features/emoji';
 import type { AppDispatch } from 'soapbox/store';
 
-const EMOJI_USE = 'EMOJI_USE';
+const EMOJI_CHOOSE = 'EMOJI_CHOOSE';
 
-const useEmoji = (emoji: Emoji) =>
+const chooseEmoji = (emoji: Emoji) =>
   (dispatch: AppDispatch) => {
     dispatch({
-      type: EMOJI_USE,
+      type: EMOJI_CHOOSE,
       emoji,
     });
 
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ const useEmoji = (emoji: Emoji) =>
   };
 
 export {
-  EMOJI_USE,
-  useEmoji,
+  EMOJI_CHOOSE,
+  chooseEmoji,
 };
diff --git a/src/features/compose/editor/plugins/autosuggest-plugin.tsx b/src/features/compose/editor/plugins/autosuggest-plugin.tsx
index 24a9f2627..c4419eff0 100644
--- a/src/features/compose/editor/plugins/autosuggest-plugin.tsx
+++ b/src/features/compose/editor/plugins/autosuggest-plugin.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import React, {
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 
 import { clearComposeSuggestions, fetchComposeSuggestions } from 'soapbox/actions/compose';
-import { useEmoji as chooseEmoji } from 'soapbox/actions/emojis';
+import { chooseEmoji } from 'soapbox/actions/emojis';
 import AutosuggestEmoji from 'soapbox/components/autosuggest-emoji';
 import { useAppDispatch, useCompose } from 'soapbox/hooks';
 import { selectAccount } from 'soapbox/selectors';
diff --git a/src/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker-dropdown.tsx b/src/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker-dropdown.tsx
index 3ab977e57..f384c4e19 100644
--- a/src/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker-dropdown.tsx
+++ b/src/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker-dropdown.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import React, { useEffect, useState, useLayoutEffect } from 'react';
 import { defineMessages, useIntl } from 'react-intl';
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
 
-import { useEmoji } from 'soapbox/actions/emojis';
+import { chooseEmoji } from 'soapbox/actions/emojis';
 import { changeSetting } from 'soapbox/actions/settings';
 import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector, useTheme } from 'soapbox/hooks';
 import { RootState } from 'soapbox/store';
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ const EmojiPickerDropdown: React.FC<IEmojiPickerDropdown> = ({
       } as CustomEmoji;
     }
 
-    dispatch(useEmoji(pickedEmoji)); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/rules-of-hooks
+    dispatch(chooseEmoji(pickedEmoji));
 
     if (onPickEmoji) {
       onPickEmoji(pickedEmoji);
diff --git a/src/reducers/settings.ts b/src/reducers/settings.ts
index f124b38a5..e7946ca37 100644
--- a/src/reducers/settings.ts
+++ b/src/reducers/settings.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { AnyAction } from 'redux';
 
 import { ME_FETCH_SUCCESS } from 'soapbox/actions/me';
 
-import { EMOJI_USE } from '../actions/emojis';
+import { EMOJI_CHOOSE } from '../actions/emojis';
 import { NOTIFICATIONS_FILTER_SET } from '../actions/notifications';
 import { SEARCH_FILTER_SET } from '../actions/search';
 import {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default function settings(state: State = ImmutableMap<string, any>({ save
       return state
         .setIn(action.path, action.value)
         .set('saved', false);
-    case EMOJI_USE:
+    case EMOJI_CHOOSE:
       return updateFrequentEmojis(state, action.emoji);
     case SETTING_SAVE:
       return state.set('saved', true);