diff --git a/includes/pages/user_news.php b/includes/pages/user_news.php
index f196f22f..771311fe 100644
--- a/includes/pages/user_news.php
+++ b/includes/pages/user_news.php
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ function user_meetings()
  */
 function news_text(News $news): string
 {
-    $text = ReplaceSmilies($news->text);
-    $text = preg_replace("/\r\n\r\n/m", '<br><br>', $text);
+    $text = preg_replace("/\r\n\r\n/m", '<br><br>', $news->text);
     return $text;
 }
 
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ function display_news(News $news): string
     $html = '';
     $html .= '<div class="panel' . ($news->is_meeting ? ' panel-info' : ' panel-default') . '">';
     $html .= '<div class="panel-heading">';
-    $html .= '<h3 class="panel-title">' . ($news->is_meeting ? '[Meeting] ' : '') . ReplaceSmilies($news->title) . '</h3>';
+    $html .= '<h3 class="panel-title">' . ($news->is_meeting ? '[Meeting] ' : '') . $news->title . '</h3>';
     $html .= '</div>';
     $html .= '<div class="panel-body">' . news_text($news) . '</div>';
 
diff --git a/includes/sys_template.php b/includes/sys_template.php
index 491dc2fe..2f764309 100644
--- a/includes/sys_template.php
+++ b/includes/sys_template.php
@@ -414,46 +414,3 @@ function table_buttons($buttons = [])
 {
     return '<div class="btn-group">' . join(' ', $buttons) . '</div>';
 }
-
-/**
- * @param string $msg
- * @return mixed
- */
-function ReplaceSmilies($msg)
-{
-    /** @var Assets $assets */
-    $assets = app('twig.extension.assets');
-
-    foreach (
-        [
-            ';o))' => 'redface',
-            ':-))' => 'redface',
-            ';o)'  => 'wind',
-            ':)'   => 'smile',
-            ':-)'  => 'smile',
-            ':('   => 'sad',
-            ':-('  => 'sad',
-            ':o('  => 'sad',
-            ':o)'  => 'lol',
-            ':D'   => 'lol',
-            ';o('  => 'cry',
-            ';('   => 'cry',
-            ';-('  => 'cry',
-            '8)'   => 'rolleyes',
-            '8o)'  => 'rolleyes',
-            ':P'   => 'evil',
-            ':-P'  => 'evil',
-            ':oP'  => 'evil',
-            ';P'   => 'mad',
-            ';oP'  => 'mad',
-            '?)'   => 'question',
-        ] as $search => $replace
-    ) {
-        $msg = str_ireplace($search, sprintf(
-            '<img src="%s">',
-            sprintf($assets->getAsset('assets/emojis/%s.gif'), $replace)
-        ), $msg);
-    }
-
-    return $msg;
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 06619fa1..8b4a0568 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
   "author": "https://github.com/engelsystem/engelsystem/contributors",
   "license": "GPL-2.0-only",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "npm run -s build:clean && NODE_ENV=production run-p build:assets build:webpack",
+    "build": "npm run -s build:clean && NODE_ENV=production run-p build:webpack",
     "build:clean": "rimraf public/assets",
-    "build:assets": "node resources/assets/scripts/copyAssets.js",
     "build:webpack": "webpack",
     "build:watch": "webpack --watch"
   },
diff --git a/resources/assets/emojis/cry.gif b/resources/assets/emojis/cry.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d54b1f9..00000000
Binary files a/resources/assets/emojis/cry.gif and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/resources/assets/emojis/evil.gif b/resources/assets/emojis/evil.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index ab1aa8e1..00000000
Binary files a/resources/assets/emojis/evil.gif and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/resources/assets/emojis/lol.gif b/resources/assets/emojis/lol.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index 374ba150..00000000
Binary files a/resources/assets/emojis/lol.gif and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/resources/assets/emojis/mad.gif b/resources/assets/emojis/mad.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f6c3c2f..00000000
Binary files a/resources/assets/emojis/mad.gif and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/resources/assets/emojis/question.gif b/resources/assets/emojis/question.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d072265..00000000
Binary files a/resources/assets/emojis/question.gif and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/resources/assets/emojis/redface.gif b/resources/assets/emojis/redface.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index ad762832..00000000
Binary files a/resources/assets/emojis/redface.gif and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/resources/assets/emojis/rolleyes.gif b/resources/assets/emojis/rolleyes.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index d7f5f2f4..00000000
Binary files a/resources/assets/emojis/rolleyes.gif and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/resources/assets/emojis/sad.gif b/resources/assets/emojis/sad.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index d2ac78c0..00000000
Binary files a/resources/assets/emojis/sad.gif and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/resources/assets/emojis/smile.gif b/resources/assets/emojis/smile.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b1f6d30..00000000
Binary files a/resources/assets/emojis/smile.gif and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/resources/assets/emojis/wind.gif b/resources/assets/emojis/wind.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index d1482880..00000000
Binary files a/resources/assets/emojis/wind.gif and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/resources/assets/scripts/copyAssets.js b/resources/assets/scripts/copyAssets.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c8e9e24..00000000
--- a/resources/assets/scripts/copyAssets.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
-const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
-
-const baseAssetPath = {
-    src: path.resolve('resources/assets'),
-    target: path.resolve('public/assets')
-};
-
-const emojiPath = {
-    src: baseAssetPath.src + '/emojis',
-    target: baseAssetPath.target + '/emojis'
-};
-
-mkdirp.sync(emojiPath.target);
-
-const emojis = fs.readdirSync(emojiPath.src);
-
-emojis.forEach((e) => {
-    fs.copyFile(`${emojiPath.src}/${e}`, `${emojiPath.target}/${e}`, (e) => {
-        if (e) {
-            console.error(e);
-        }
-    });
-});