diff --git a/automod/rules/hashtags.go b/automod/rules/hashtags.go
index 62b663179..612197b16 100644
--- a/automod/rules/hashtags.go
+++ b/automod/rules/hashtags.go
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ import (
 
 // looks for specific hashtags from known lists
 func BadHashtagsPostRule(c *automod.RecordContext, post *appbsky.FeedPost) error {
-	// In cases where we have a soft signaling hashtag that are problematic in combination with other hashtags
-	// we'd want to check the record contains the combination before taking any action
-	potentiallyBadHashtags := []string{}
-	potentiallyBadHashtagCombo := []string{}
-
 	for _, tag := range ExtractHashtagsPost(post) {
 		tag = NormalizeHashtag(tag)
 		// skip some bad-word hashtags which frequently false-positive
@@ -24,16 +19,6 @@ func BadHashtagsPostRule(c *automod.RecordContext, post *appbsky.FeedPost) error
 		if c.InSet("bad-hashtags", tag) || c.InSet("bad-words", tag) {
 			c.AddRecordFlag("bad-hashtag")
 			c.ReportRecord(automod.ReportReasonRude, fmt.Sprintf("possible bad word in hashtags: %s", tag))
-
-			if c.InSet("potentially-bad-hashtags", tag) {
-				potentiallyBadHashtags = append(potentiallyBadHashtags, tag)
-				break
-			}
-			if c.InSet("potentially-bad-hashtag-combos", tag) {
-				potentiallyBadHashtagCombo = append(potentiallyBadHashtagCombo, tag)
-				break
-			}
-
 			break
 		}
 		word := keyword.SlugContainsExplicitSlur(keyword.Slugify(tag))
@@ -44,12 +29,6 @@ func BadHashtagsPostRule(c *automod.RecordContext, post *appbsky.FeedPost) error
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(potentiallyBadHashtagCombo) > 0 && len(potentiallyBadHashtags) > 0 {
-		c.AddRecordFlag("bad-hashtag-combo")
-		c.ReportRecord(automod.ReportReasonRude, fmt.Sprintf("bad hashtag combo: %s %s. account will be taken down", potentiallyBadHashtagCombo, potentiallyBadHashtags))
-		c.TakedownAccount()
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }