diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses/reactions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses/reactions_controller.rb
index 1d8382f833..2d7e4f5984 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses/reactions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/statuses/reactions_controller.rb
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ class Api::V1::Statuses::ReactionsController < Api::BaseController
   before_action :set_status
 
   def create
-    ReactService.new.call(current_account, @status, normalize(params[:id]))
+    ReactService.new.call(current_account, @status, params[:id])
     render json: @status, serializer: REST::StatusSerializer
   end
 
   def destroy
-    UnreactWorker.perform_async(current_account.id, @status.id, normalize(params[:id]))
+    UnreactWorker.perform_async(current_account.id, @status.id, params[:id])
 
     render json: @status, serializer: REST::StatusSerializer, relationships: StatusRelationshipsPresenter.new([@status], current_account.id, reactions_map: { @status.id => false })
   rescue Mastodon::NotPermittedError
@@ -22,13 +22,6 @@ class Api::V1::Statuses::ReactionsController < Api::BaseController
 
   private
 
-  def normalize(name)
-    normalized = "#{name}\uFE0F"
-    return normalized if StatusReactionValidator::SUPPORTED_EMOJIS.include?(normalized)
-
-    name
-  end
-
   def set_status
     @status = Status.find(params[:status_id])
     authorize @status, :show?