diff --git a/src/nostr/handler.ts b/src/nostr/handler.ts
index e62228c4e71103fdd501035bb6f4999ece269a98..bcb469d02aa2c3d6d9024f08cf4cf34cfe1ac525 100644
--- a/src/nostr/handler.ts
+++ b/src/nostr/handler.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { nostrEventsCounter } from '@/metrics.ts';
 
 import { buildFollow, wrapCreate, wrapUpdate } from '../activitypub/builder.ts';
 import { federate } from '../activitypub/federation.ts';
-import { toActor, toAnnounce, toDelete, toEmojiReact, toLike, toNote, toZap } from '../activitypub/transmute.ts';
+import { toActor, toAnnounce, toDelete, toLike, toNote, toZap } from '../activitypub/transmute.ts';
 import { cipher, followsDB } from '../db.ts';
 import { url } from '../utils/parse.ts';
 
@@ -105,17 +105,11 @@ async function handleEvent6(event: Event<6>) {
 }
 
 async function handleEvent7(event: Event<7>) {
-  if (event.content === '+' || event.content === '') {
-    const like = await toLike(event);
-    if (like) {
-      return federate(like);
-    }
-  } else if (/\p{Extended_Pictographic}/u.test(event.content)) {
-    const emojiReact = await toEmojiReact(event);
-    if (emojiReact) {
-      return federate(emojiReact);
-    }
+  const like = await toLike(event);
+  if (like) {
+    return federate(like);
   }
+  // TODO: use toEmojiReact if Mastodon ever supports EmojiReact
 }
 
 async function handleEvent9735(event: Event<9735>) {