diff --git a/lib/model/emoji.dart b/lib/model/emoji.dart
index 2c2492bfbf..c374f1c1a3 100644
--- a/lib/model/emoji.dart
+++ b/lib/model/emoji.dart
@@ -101,60 +101,6 @@ final class EmojiCandidate {
   }
 }
 
-// Zulip's hand selected "popular" emojis, currently used as list of
-// quick emoji reactions available in the message context menu.
-// See: https://github.com/zulip/zulip/blob/3bad36ef8cf07cd57d0b257a739bae635a8527ac/web/shared/src/typeahead.ts#L22-L29
-const zulipPopularEmojis = [
-  EmojiCandidate(
-    emojiType: ReactionType.unicodeEmoji,
-    emojiCode: '1f44d',
-    emojiName: '+1',
-    aliases: ['thumbs_up', 'like'],
-    emojiDisplay: UnicodeEmojiDisplay(
-      emojiName: '+1',
-      emojiUnicode: '\u{1f44d}')), // '👍'
-  EmojiCandidate(
-    emojiType: ReactionType.unicodeEmoji,
-    emojiCode: '1f389',
-    emojiName: 'tada',
-    aliases: null,
-    emojiDisplay: UnicodeEmojiDisplay(
-      emojiName: 'tada',
-      emojiUnicode: '\u{1f389}')), // '🎉'
-  EmojiCandidate(
-    emojiType: ReactionType.unicodeEmoji,
-    emojiCode: '1f642',
-    emojiName: 'smile',
-    aliases: null,
-    emojiDisplay: UnicodeEmojiDisplay(
-      emojiName: 'smile',
-      emojiUnicode: '\u{1f642}')), // '🙂'
-  EmojiCandidate(
-    emojiType: ReactionType.unicodeEmoji,
-    emojiCode: '2764',
-    emojiName: 'heart',
-    aliases: ['love', 'love_you'],
-    emojiDisplay: UnicodeEmojiDisplay(
-      emojiName: 'heart',
-      emojiUnicode: '\u{2764}')), // '❤'
-  EmojiCandidate(
-    emojiType: ReactionType.unicodeEmoji,
-    emojiCode: '1f6e0',
-    emojiName: 'working_on_it',
-    aliases: ['hammer_and_wrench', 'tools'],
-    emojiDisplay: UnicodeEmojiDisplay(
-      emojiName: 'working_on_it',
-      emojiUnicode: '\u{1f6e0}')), // '🛠'
-  EmojiCandidate(
-    emojiType: ReactionType.unicodeEmoji,
-    emojiCode: '1f419',
-    emojiName: 'octopus',
-    aliases: null,
-    emojiDisplay: UnicodeEmojiDisplay(
-      emojiName: 'octopus',
-      emojiUnicode: '\u{1f419}')), // '🐙'
-];
-
 /// The portion of [PerAccountStore] describing what emoji exist.
 mixin EmojiStore {
   /// The realm's custom emoji (for [ReactionType.realmEmoji],