diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 03736d5b..3f798c97 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ coverage/
 
 /public/assets
 /public/system
-/public/images/emoji
 
 # damn vim backup files
 *~
 
 # every fucking time, dolphin
-.directory
+.directory
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diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 165cde69..ecfc613b 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ gem 'rails-assets-growl'
 gem "paperclip", "~> 4.2"
 gem 'delayed_paperclip'
 
-# x--DD
-gem 'gemoji'
-gem 'rumoji'
-
 gem 'ruby-progressbar'
 
 gem 'rails_admin'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 03597725..9e09452c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ GEM
     foreman (0.76.0)
       dotenv (~> 1.0.2)
       thor (~> 0.19.1)
-    gemoji (2.1.0)
     haml (4.0.6)
       tilt
     hashie (3.3.2)
@@ -255,7 +254,6 @@ GEM
       rspec-support (~> 3.0.0)
     rspec-support (3.0.4)
     ruby-progressbar (1.7.0)
-    rumoji (0.4.0)
     safe_yaml (1.0.4)
     sanitize (3.1.0)
       crass (~> 1.0.1)
@@ -364,7 +362,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   font-awesome-rails (~> 4.2.0.0)
   font-kit-rails
   foreman
-  gemoji
   haml
   http_accept_language
   jbuilder (~> 2.2.4)
@@ -385,7 +382,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   redis
   rspec-rails (~> 3.0.0)
   ruby-progressbar
-  rumoji
   sanitize
   sass-rails (~> 4.0.3)
   sdoc (~> 0.4.1)
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 8f67146a..9c92daf4 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # for example lib/tasks/capistrano.rake, and they will automatically be available to Rake.
 
 require File.expand_path('../config/application', __FILE__)
-load 'tasks/emoji.rake'
 
 Rails.application.load_tasks
 
diff --git a/app/helpers/emoji_helper.rb b/app/helpers/emoji_helper.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 044d6b71..00000000
--- a/app/helpers/emoji_helper.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-module EmojiHelper
-
-  def emojify(content, size = 20)
-    Rumoji::encode(h(content).to_str).gsub(/:([\w+-]+):/) do |match|
-      if emoji = Emoji.find_by_alias($1)
-        %(<img alt="#$1" src="/images/emoji/#{emoji.image_filename}" style="vertical-align:middle" width="#{size}" height="#{size}" />)
-      else
-        match
-      end
-    end.html_safe if content.present?
-  end
-end
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diff --git a/app/helpers/markdown_helper.rb b/app/helpers/markdown_helper.rb
index 8a3e80b5..8d69fa7c 100644
--- a/app/helpers/markdown_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/markdown_helper.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 module MarkdownHelper
 
-  include EmojiHelper
-
   def markdown(content)
     md = Redcarpet::Markdown.new(FlavoredMarkdown,
                                  filter_html: true,
@@ -18,6 +16,6 @@ module MarkdownHelper
                                  disable_indented_code_blocks: true,
                                  strikethrough: true,
                                  superscript: false)
-    emojify Sanitize.fragment(md.render(content), EVIL_TAGS).html_safe
+    Sanitize.fragment(md.render(content), EVIL_TAGS).html_safe
   end
 end
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diff --git a/app/views/inbox/_entry.html.haml b/app/views/inbox/_entry.html.haml
index a3089eae..fb65cce2 100644
--- a/app/views/inbox/_entry.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/inbox/_entry.html.haml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
               ·
               %a{href: show_user_question_path(i.question.user.screen_name, i.question.id)}
                 #{i.question.answer_count} response(s)
-        %p.answerbox--question-text= emojify i.question.content, 16
+        %p.answerbox--question-text= i.question.content
   .panel-body
     %textarea.form-control{name: 'ib-answer', placeholder: 'Write your answer here...', data: { id: i.id }}
     %br/
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_answerbox.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_answerbox.html.haml
index e4c239ef..fc24adae 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_answerbox.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_answerbox.html.haml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
                 %a{href: show_user_question_path(a.question.user.screen_name, a.question.id)}
                   #{a.question.answer_count} answers
           %p.answerbox--question-text
-            = emojify a.question.content, 16
+            = a.question.content
   .panel-body
     - if @display_all.nil?
       = markdown a.content[0..255]