diff --git a/mage.go b/mage.go
index 1cb2fcd..4d8611d 100644
--- a/mage.go
+++ b/mage.go
@@ -3,85 +3,11 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/magefile/mage/mg"
 	"github.com/magefile/mage/sh"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"strings"
 )
 
-// emoji related constants
-const emojiList = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CodeFreezr/emojo/master/db/v5/emoji-v5.json"
-const emojiFileName = "emojiList.go"
-
-// json parsing structure
-type emoji struct {
-	Num         int    `json:"No"`
-	Emoji       string `json:"Emoji"`
-	Category    string `json:"Category"`
-	SubCategory string `json:"SubCategory"`
-	Unicode     string `json:"Unicode"`
-	Name        string `json:"Name"`
-	Tags        string `json:"Tags"`
-	Shortcode   string `json:"Shortcode"`
-}
-
-// This func downloaded and parses the emojis from online into a slice of all shortnames
-// to be used as a lookup for tab completion for emojis
-// this way the pull from GitHub only has to be done at build time.
-func createEmojiSlice() ([]string, error) {
-	result, err := http.Get(emojiList)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	defer result.Body.Close()
-
-	emojiList, err := ioutil.ReadAll(result.Body)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	var emojis []emoji
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(emojiList, &emojis); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	var emojiSlice []string
-
-	for _, emj := range emojis {
-		if len(emj.Shortcode) == 0 || strings.Contains(emj.Shortcode, "_tone") {
-			// dont add them
-			continue
-		}
-		emojiSlice = append(emojiSlice, emj.Shortcode)
-	}
-	return emojiSlice, nil
-}
-
-// Build kbtui with emoji lookup support
-func BuildEmoji() error {
-	emojis, err := createEmojiSlice()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	f, err := os.Create(emojiFileName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer f.Close()
-
-	fileContent := fmt.Sprintf("package main\n\nvar emojiSlice = %#v", emojis)
-	_, err = f.WriteString(fileContent)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	f.Sync()
-	return nil
-}
-
 // proper error reporting and exit code
 func exit(err error) {
 	if err != nil {
@@ -142,8 +68,7 @@ func BuildAllCommandsT() {
 
 // Build kbtui with beta functionality
 func BuildBeta() {
-	mg.Deps(BuildEmoji)
-	if err := sh.Run("go", "build", "-tags", "allcommands,showreactionscmd,emojiList,tabcompletion"); err != nil {
+	if err := sh.Run("go", "build", "-tags", "allcommands,showreactionscmd,tabcompletion"); err != nil {
 		defer func() {
 			exit(err)
 		}()