diff --git a/ts/components/fun/data/emojis.ts b/ts/components/fun/data/emojis.ts
index e0bb80fb0a..1663999f79 100644
--- a/ts/components/fun/data/emojis.ts
+++ b/ts/components/fun/data/emojis.ts
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ export function emojiVariantConstant(input: string): EmojiVariantData {
 
 /** For displaying in the ui */
 export function normalizeShortNameCompletionDisplay(shortName: string): string {
-  return removeDiacritics(shortName)
+  return shortName
     .normalize('NFD')
     .replaceAll(/[\s,]+/gi, '_')
     .toLowerCase();