diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ad931479f..c11cfa6f1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
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         "obscenity": "^0.4.3",
         "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
-        "twemoji": "^14.0.2",
         "uuid": "^11.1.0",
         "winston": "^3.17.0",
         "ws": "^8.18.0",
@@ -11664,29 +11663,6 @@
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       "license": "MIT"
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-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "graceful-fs": "^4.2.0",
-        "jsonfile": "^4.0.0",
-        "universalify": "^0.1.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=6 <7 || >=8"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/fs-extra/node_modules/jsonfile": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-4.0.0.tgz",
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-      "license": "MIT",
-      "optionalDependencies": {
-        "graceful-fs": "^4.1.6"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/fs.realpath": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs.realpath/-/fs.realpath-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -11937,6 +11913,7 @@
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+      "dev": true,
       "license": "ISC"
     },
     "node_modules/graphemer": {
@@ -14761,18 +14738,6 @@
         "node": ">=6"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/jsonfile": {
-      "version": "5.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-5.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-NQRZ5CRo74MhMMC3/3r5g2k4fjodJ/wh8MxjFbCViWKFjxrnudWSY5vomh+23ZaXzAS7J3fBZIR2dV6WbmfM0w==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "universalify": "^0.1.2"
-      },
-      "optionalDependencies": {
-        "graceful-fs": "^4.1.6"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/keyv": {
       "version": "4.5.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/keyv/-/keyv-4.5.4.tgz",
@@ -19383,24 +19348,6 @@
         "node": "*"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/twemoji": {
-      "version": "14.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/twemoji/-/twemoji-14.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-BzOoXIe1QVdmsUmZ54xbEH+8AgtOKUiG53zO5vVP2iUu6h5u9lN15NcuS6te4OY96qx0H7JK9vjjl9WQbkTRuA==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "fs-extra": "^8.0.1",
-        "jsonfile": "^5.0.0",
-        "twemoji-parser": "14.0.0",
-        "universalify": "^0.1.2"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/twemoji-parser": {
-      "version": "14.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/twemoji-parser/-/twemoji-parser-14.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-9DUOTGLOWs0pFWnh1p6NF+C3CkQ96PWmEFwhOVmT3WbecRC+68AIqpsnJXygfkFcp4aXbOp8Dwbhh/HQgvoRxA==",
-      "license": "MIT"
-    },
     "node_modules/type-check": {
       "version": "0.4.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-check/-/type-check-0.4.0.tgz",
@@ -19536,15 +19483,6 @@
         "node": ">=4"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/universalify": {
-      "version": "0.1.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-0.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-rBJeI5CXAlmy1pV+617WB9J63U6XcazHHF2f2dbJix4XzpUF0RS3Zbj0FGIOCAva5P/d/GBOYaACQ1w+0azUkg==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 4.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/unpipe": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unpipe/-/unpipe-1.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5311c5ecb..20fdc2a73 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@
     "nanoid": "^3.3.6",
     "obscenity": "^0.4.3",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
-    "twemoji": "^14.0.2",
     "uuid": "^11.1.0",
     "winston": "^3.17.0",
     "ws": "^8.18.0",
diff --git a/src/core/Util.ts b/src/core/Util.ts
index ba138fe3c..6133b9a18 100644
--- a/src/core/Util.ts
+++ b/src/core/Util.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import DOMPurify from "dompurify";
 import { customAlphabet } from "nanoid";
-import twemoji from "twemoji";
 import { Cell, Unit } from "./game/Game";
 import { GameMap, TileRef } from "./game/GameMap";
 import {
@@ -142,39 +141,6 @@ export function sanitize(name: string): string {
     .replace(/[^\p{L}\p{N}\s\p{Emoji}\p{Emoji_Component}[\]_]/gu, "");
 }
 
-export function processName(name: string): string {
-  // First sanitize the raw input - strip everything except text and emojis
-  const sanitizedName = sanitize(name);
-  // Process emojis with twemoji
-  const withEmojis = twemoji.parse(sanitizedName, {
-    base: "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@14.0.2/assets/",
-    folder: "svg",
-    ext: ".svg",
-  });
-
-  // Add CSS styles inline to the wrapper span
-  const styledHTML = `
-        <span class="player-name" style="
-            display: inline-flex;
-            align-items: center;
-            gap: 0.25rem;
-            font-weight: 500;
-            vertical-align: middle;
-        ">
-            ${withEmojis}
-        </span>
-    `;
-
-  // Add CSS for the emoji images
-  const withEmojiStyles = styledHTML.replace(
-    /<img/g,
-    '<img style="height: 1.2em; width: 1.2em; vertical-align: -0.2em; margin: 0 0.05em 0 0.1em;"',
-  );
-
-  // Sanitize the final HTML, allowing styles and specific attributes
-  return onlyImages(withEmojiStyles);
-}
-
 export function onlyImages(html: string) {
   return DOMPurify.sanitize(html, {
     ALLOWED_TAGS: ["span", "img"],
diff --git a/src/core/game/PlayerImpl.ts b/src/core/game/PlayerImpl.ts
index 69d715466..59f2819ac 100644
--- a/src/core/game/PlayerImpl.ts
+++ b/src/core/game/PlayerImpl.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export class PlayerImpl implements Player {
     this._name = sanitizeUsername(playerInfo.name);
     this._troops = toInt(startTroops);
     this._gold = 0n;
-    this._displayName = this._name; // processName(this._name)
+    this._displayName = this._name;
     this._pseudo_random = new PseudoRandom(simpleHash(this.playerInfo.id));
   }