diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7468d989..1832968e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -648,9 +648,9 @@ qt_add_resources(QRC resources/res.qrc)
 
 if(APPLE)
     set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -framework Foundation -framework Cocoa -framework UserNotifications")
-    set(SRC_FILES ${SRC_FILES} src/notifications/NotificationManagerProxy.h src/notifications/MacNotificationDelegate.h src/notifications/MacNotificationDelegate.mm src/notifications/ManagerMac.mm src/notifications/ManagerMac.cpp src/emoji/MacHelper.mm src/emoji/MacHelper.h)
+    set(SRC_FILES ${SRC_FILES} src/notifications/NotificationManagerProxy.h src/notifications/MacNotificationDelegate.h src/notifications/MacNotificationDelegate.mm src/notifications/ManagerMac.mm src/notifications/ManagerMac.cpp)
     if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.16.0")
-        set_source_files_properties( src/notifications/NotificationManagerProxy.h src/notifications/MacNotificationDelegate.h src/notifications/MacNotificationDelegate.mm src/notifications/ManagerMac.mm src/emoji/MacHelper.mm src/emoji/MacHelper.h PROPERTIES SKIP_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS ON)
+        set_source_files_properties( src/notifications/NotificationManagerProxy.h src/notifications/MacNotificationDelegate.h src/notifications/MacNotificationDelegate.mm src/notifications/ManagerMac.mm PROPERTIES SKIP_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS ON)
     endif()
 elseif(WIN32)
     file(DOWNLOAD
diff --git a/src/emoji/MacHelper.h b/src/emoji/MacHelper.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 38175364..00000000
--- a/src/emoji/MacHelper.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Nheko Contributors
-//
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <QMenuBar>
-
-class MacHelper
-{
-public:
-    static void showEmojiWindow();
-    static void initializeMenus();
-};
diff --git a/src/emoji/MacHelper.mm b/src/emoji/MacHelper.mm
deleted file mode 100644
index 11dbd7f4..00000000
--- a/src/emoji/MacHelper.mm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#include "MacHelper.h"
-
-#include <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
-#include <Foundation/Foundation.h>
-#include <Foundation/NSString.h>
-#include <QCoreApplication>
-
-void
-MacHelper::showEmojiWindow()
-{
-        NSApplication *theNSApplication = [NSApplication sharedApplication];
-        [theNSApplication orderFrontCharacterPalette:nil];
-}
-
-void
-MacHelper::initializeMenus()
-{
-        NSApplication *theNSApplication = [NSApplication sharedApplication];
-
-        NSArray<NSMenuItem *> *menus = [theNSApplication mainMenu].itemArray;
-        NSUInteger size              = menus.count;
-        for (NSUInteger i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-                NSMenuItem *item = [menus objectAtIndex:i];
-                [item setTitle:@"Edit"];
-        }
-}
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 0dad400b..8ce6fe5e 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include "config/nheko.h"
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_MACOS)
-#include "emoji/MacHelper.h"
 #include "notifications/Manager.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -466,10 +465,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
       QStringLiteral("matrix"), ChatPage::instance(), "handleMatrixUri");
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_MACOS)
-    // Temporary solution for the emoji picker until
-    // nheko has a proper menu bar with more functionality.
-    MacHelper::initializeMenus();
-
     // Need to set up notification delegate so users can respond to messages from within the
     // notification itself.
     NotificationsManager::attachToMacNotifCenter();