diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c32ec369a..1496b5033 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/cli/oauth v0.8.0
 	github.com/cli/safeexec v1.0.0
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0
-	github.com/enescakir/emoji v1.0.0
 	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.1.2
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1794344c6..a4a46ab45 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:E3ru+11k8xSBh+hMPgOLZm
 github.com/dgryski/go-sip13 v0.0.0-20181026042036-e10d5fee7954/go.mod h1:vAd38F8PWV+bWy6jNmig1y/TA+kYO4g3RSRF0IAv0no=
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.2.0 h1:8sAhBGEM0dRWogWqWyQeIJnxjWO6oIjl8FKqREDsGfk=
 github.com/dlclark/regexp2 v1.2.0/go.mod h1:2pZnwuY/m+8K6iRw6wQdMtk+rH5tNGR1i55kozfMjCc=
-github.com/enescakir/emoji v1.0.0 h1:W+HsNql8swfCQFtioDGDHCHri8nudlK1n5p2rHCJoog=
-github.com/enescakir/emoji v1.0.0/go.mod h1:Bt1EKuLnKDTYpLALApstIkAjdDrS/8IAgTkKp+WKFD0=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0 h1:DkWD4oS2D8LGGgTQ6IvwJJXSL5Vp2ffcQg58nFV38Ys=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/repo/view/view.go b/pkg/cmd/repo/view/view.go
index 3fa70268e..fcc785e62 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/repo/view/view.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/repo/view/view.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/iostreams"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/markdown"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/utils"
-	"github.com/enescakir/emoji"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -147,9 +146,9 @@ func viewRun(opts *ViewOptions) error {
 	repoTmpl := heredoc.Doc(`
 		{{.FullName}}
 		{{.Description}}
-		
+
 		{{.Readme}}
-		
+
 		{{.View}}
 	`)
 
@@ -170,9 +169,8 @@ func viewRun(opts *ViewOptions) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error rendering markdown: %w", err)
 		}
-		readmeContent = emoji.Parse(readmeContent)
 	} else {
-		readmeContent = emoji.Parse(readme.Content)
+		readmeContent = readme.Content
 	}
 
 	description := repo.Description