diff --git a/Signal/src/util/Emoji/EmojiWithSkinTones+String.swift b/Signal/src/util/Emoji/EmojiWithSkinTones+String.swift
index ba4bb213b7..500d0b4839 100644
--- a/Signal/src/util/Emoji/EmojiWithSkinTones+String.swift
+++ b/Signal/src/util/Emoji/EmojiWithSkinTones+String.swift
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@
 // This file is generated by EmojiGenerator.swift, do not manually edit it.
 
 extension EmojiWithSkinTones {
-    init?(rawValue: String, skipSingleEmojiCheck: Bool = false) {
-		if !skipSingleEmojiCheck {
-			guard rawValue.isSingleEmoji else { return nil }
-		}
+    init?(rawValue: String) {
+		guard rawValue.isSingleEmoji else { return nil }
         if rawValue == "😀" {
             self.init(baseEmoji: .grinning, skinTones: nil)
         } else if rawValue == "😃" {
diff --git a/Signal/src/util/Emoji/EmojiWithSkinTones.swift b/Signal/src/util/Emoji/EmojiWithSkinTones.swift
index f303910e6a..e3ff7bd801 100644
--- a/Signal/src/util/Emoji/EmojiWithSkinTones.swift
+++ b/Signal/src/util/Emoji/EmojiWithSkinTones.swift
@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@ extension String {
     // * This will reject "lone modifiers".
     // * This will reject certain edge cases such as 🌈️.
     var isSingleEmojiUsingEmojiWithSkinTones: Bool {
-        EmojiWithSkinTones(rawValue: self, skipSingleEmojiCheck: true) != nil
+        EmojiWithSkinTones(rawValue: self) != nil
     }
 }