diff --git a/res/fonts/Twemoji_Mozilla/TwemojiMozilla-sbix.woff2 b/res/fonts/Twemoji_Mozilla/TwemojiMozilla-sbix.woff2
deleted file mode 100644
index db8ee47729..0000000000
Binary files a/res/fonts/Twemoji_Mozilla/TwemojiMozilla-sbix.woff2 and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/utils/FontManager.js b/src/utils/FontManager.js
index a7d33401eb..c89d43cb3f 100644
--- a/src/utils/FontManager.js
+++ b/src/utils/FontManager.js
@@ -75,15 +75,11 @@ export async function fixupColorFonts() {
         return;
     }
 
-    // we programatically add the right fontface.
-    let font;
     if (await isColrFontSupported()) {
-        font = new FontFace("Twemoji",
+        const font = new FontFace("Twemoji",
             `url('${require("../../res/fonts/Twemoji_Mozilla/TwemojiMozilla-colr.woff2")}')`, {});
-    } else {
-        font = new FontFace("Twemoji",
-            `url('${require("../../res/fonts/Twemoji_Mozilla/TwemojiMozilla-sbix.woff2")}')`, {});
+        document.fonts.add(font);
     }
-    document.fonts.add(font);
+    // if not supported, the browser will fall back to one of the native fonts specified.
 }