diff --git a/packages/backend/src/misc/reaction-lib.ts b/packages/backend/src/misc/reaction-lib.ts
index 41036489a6..babebfb627 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/misc/reaction-lib.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/misc/reaction-lib.ts
@@ -78,13 +78,6 @@ export async function toDbReaction(
 		return unicode;
 	}
 
-	// Allow unicode reactions
-	const match = emojiRegex.exec(reaction);
-	if (match) {
-		const unicode = match[0];
-		return unicode;
-	}
-
 	const custom = reaction.match(/^:([\w+-]+)(?:@\.)?:$/);
 	if (custom) {
 		const name = custom[1];