diff --git a/svelte-app/package.json b/svelte-app/package.json
index 2c33524f..ea0f6a5e 100644
--- a/svelte-app/package.json
+++ b/svelte-app/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
     "svelte-eslint-parser": "0.33.1",
     "svelte-highlight": "7.6.0",
     "tailwindcss": "3.4.1",
-    "twemoji": "14.0.2",
     "typescript": "5.3.3",
     "vite": "5.2.6",
     "vite-plugin-inspect": "0.8.3",
diff --git a/svelte-app/pnpm-lock.yaml b/svelte-app/pnpm-lock.yaml
index a19c997f..dc5aca2c 100644
--- a/svelte-app/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/svelte-app/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -116,9 +116,6 @@ devDependencies:
   tailwindcss:
     specifier: 3.4.1
     version: 3.4.1
-  twemoji:
-    specifier: 14.0.2
-    version: 14.0.2
   typescript:
     specifier: 5.3.3
     version: 5.3.3
@@ -5693,15 +5690,6 @@ packages:
       universalify: 2.0.0
     dev: true
 
-  /fs-extra@8.1.0:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-yhlQgA6mnOJUKOsRUFsgJdQCvkKhcz8tlZG5HBQfReYZy46OwLcY+Zia0mtdHsOo9y/hP+CxMN0TU9QxoOtG4g==}
-    engines: {node: '>=6 <7 || >=8'}
-    dependencies:
-      graceful-fs: 4.2.11
-      jsonfile: 4.0.0
-      universalify: 0.1.2
-    dev: true
-
   /fs-minipass@2.1.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-V/JgOLFCS+R6Vcq0slCuaeWEdNC3ouDlJMNIsacH2VtALiu9mV4LPrHc5cDl8k5aw6J8jwgWWpiTo5RYhmIzvg==}
     engines: {node: '>= 8'}
@@ -7008,20 +6996,6 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-gfFQZrcTc8CnKXp6Y4/CBT3fTc0OVuDofpre4aEeEpSBPV5X5v4+Vmx+8snU7RLPrNHPKSgLxGo9YuQzz20o+w==}
     dev: true
 
-  /jsonfile@4.0.0:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-m6F1R3z8jjlf2imQHS2Qez5sjKWQzbuuhuJ/FKYFRZvPE3PuHcSMVZzfsLhGVOkfd20obL5SWEBew5ShlquNxg==}
-    optionalDependencies:
-      graceful-fs: 4.2.11
-    dev: true
-
-  /jsonfile@5.0.0:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-NQRZ5CRo74MhMMC3/3r5g2k4fjodJ/wh8MxjFbCViWKFjxrnudWSY5vomh+23ZaXzAS7J3fBZIR2dV6WbmfM0w==}
-    dependencies:
-      universalify: 0.1.2
-    optionalDependencies:
-      graceful-fs: 4.2.11
-    dev: true
-
   /jsonfile@6.1.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-5dgndWOriYSm5cnYaJNhalLNDKOqFwyDB/rr1E9ZsGciGvKPs8R2xYGCacuf3z6K1YKDz182fd+fY3cn3pMqXQ==}
     dependencies:
@@ -10748,19 +10722,6 @@ packages:
       safe-buffer: 5.2.1
     dev: true
 
-  /twemoji-parser@14.0.0:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-9DUOTGLOWs0pFWnh1p6NF+C3CkQ96PWmEFwhOVmT3WbecRC+68AIqpsnJXygfkFcp4aXbOp8Dwbhh/HQgvoRxA==}
-    dev: true
-
-  /twemoji@14.0.2:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-BzOoXIe1QVdmsUmZ54xbEH+8AgtOKUiG53zO5vVP2iUu6h5u9lN15NcuS6te4OY96qx0H7JK9vjjl9WQbkTRuA==}
-    dependencies:
-      fs-extra: 8.1.0
-      jsonfile: 5.0.0
-      twemoji-parser: 14.0.0
-      universalify: 0.1.2
-    dev: true
-
   /type-check@0.3.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-ZCmOJdvOWDBYJlzAoFkC+Q0+bUyEOS1ltgp1MGU03fqHG+dbi9tBFU2Rd9QKiDZFAYrhPh2JUf7rZRIuHRKtOg==}
     engines: {node: '>= 0.8.0'}
@@ -10940,11 +10901,6 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-isyNax3wXoKaulPDZWHQqbmIx1k2tb9fb3GGDBRxCscfYV2Ch7WxPArBsFEG8s/safwXTT7H4QGhaIkTp9447w==}
     dev: true
 
-  /universalify@0.1.2:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-rBJeI5CXAlmy1pV+617WB9J63U6XcazHHF2f2dbJix4XzpUF0RS3Zbj0FGIOCAva5P/d/GBOYaACQ1w+0azUkg==}
-    engines: {node: '>= 4.0.0'}
-    dev: true
-
   /universalify@0.2.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-CJ1QgKmNg3CwvAv/kOFmtnEN05f0D/cn9QntgNOQlQF9dgvVTHj3t+8JPdjqawCHk7V/KA+fbUqzZ9XWhcqPUg==}
     engines: {node: '>= 4.0.0'}
diff --git a/svelte-app/src/components/portable-text/portable-text.svelte b/svelte-app/src/components/portable-text/portable-text.svelte
index 90f7628d..6edc4c12 100644
--- a/svelte-app/src/components/portable-text/portable-text.svelte
+++ b/svelte-app/src/components/portable-text/portable-text.svelte
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-  import { onMount } from 'svelte';
-
   import { t } from '$lib/i18n';
   import Logger from '$lib/logger';
-  import { parseEmoji } from '$lib/utils';
 
   import Icon from '$components/icon.svelte';
   import Footnote from '$components/portable-text/footnote.svelte';
@@ -42,10 +39,6 @@
 
   let ptContainer: HTMLElement;
 
-  onMount(() => {
-    parseEmoji(ptContainer);
-  });
-
   const customScrollTo = (event: Event, id: string) => {
     event.preventDefault();
     const element = document.querySelector(`#${id}`);
diff --git a/svelte-app/src/lib/utils.ts b/svelte-app/src/lib/utils.ts
index 12949f2d..1e20812f 100644
--- a/svelte-app/src/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/svelte-app/src/lib/utils.ts
@@ -3,24 +3,6 @@ import { derived } from 'svelte/store';
 
 import { currentLang } from '$lib/i18n';
 
-import twemoji from 'twemoji';
-
-export const parseEmoji = (element: HTMLElement) => {
-  element && twemoji.parse(element),
-    element?.querySelectorAll('img.emoji')?.forEach((emoji: Element) => {
-      if (!(emoji as HTMLElement)?.style) {
-        return;
-      }
-      (emoji as HTMLElement).setAttribute(
-        'style',
-        'display: inline-block;width: 1.1em;height: 1.1em;margin-right: 0.05em;vertical-align: -0.1em;'.replace(
-          /\s+/g,
-          ' '
-        )
-      );
-    });
-};
-
 const _parseViews = (views: number | undefined, lang: string) => {
   if (!views || views < 1) {
     return 0;