diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/ui/dialog/ShowReactionsDialog.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/ui/dialog/ShowReactionsDialog.kt
index c08e18e7e..8b60e9f15 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/ui/dialog/ShowReactionsDialog.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/ui/dialog/ShowReactionsDialog.kt
@@ -173,8 +173,6 @@ class ShowReactionsDialog(
                     Log.d(TAG, "onComplete")
                 }
             })
-
-        // binding.emojiReactionsContactList
     }
 
     override fun onClick(reactionItem: ReactionItem) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/dialog_message_reactions.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/dialog_message_reactions.xml
index 87d4d616e..16c893a5b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/dialog_message_reactions.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/dialog_message_reactions.xml
@@ -33,36 +33,18 @@
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
         tools:listitem="@layout/reaction_item" />
 
-    <LinearLayout
+    <HorizontalScrollView
         android:layout_width="match_parent"
         android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:gravity="center_vertical"
-        android:orientation="vertical"
-        tools:ignore="UseCompoundDrawables"
-        android:visibility="gone">
+        android:layout_gravity="center">
 
-        <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
-            android:id="@+id/emoji_reactions_contact_list"
-            android:layout_width="match_parent"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            tools:listitem="@layout/rv_item_emoji_details_contact"
-            tools:itemCount="4"/>
+        <LinearLayout
+            android:id="@+id/emoji_reactions_wrapper"
+            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+            android:layout_height="50dp"
+            android:layout_gravity="center"
+            android:orientation="horizontal"></LinearLayout>
 
-        <HorizontalScrollView
-            android:layout_width="match_parent"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_gravity="center">
-
-            <LinearLayout
-                android:id="@+id/emoji_reactions_wrapper"
-                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-                android:layout_height="50dp"
-                android:orientation="horizontal"
-                android:layout_gravity="center">
-            </LinearLayout>
-
-        </HorizontalScrollView>
-
-    </LinearLayout>
+    </HorizontalScrollView>
 
 </LinearLayout>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/rv_item_emoji_details_contact.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/rv_item_emoji_details_contact.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 06aa6b78e..000000000
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/rv_item_emoji_details_contact.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--
-  ~ Nextcloud Talk application
-  ~
-  ~ @author Mario Danic
-  ~ @author Andy Scherzinger
-  ~ Copyright (C) 2021 Andy Scherzinger
-  ~ Copyright (C) 2017 Mario Danic
-  ~
-  ~ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-  ~ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-  ~ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-  ~ at your option) any later version.
-  ~
-  ~ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-  ~ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-  ~ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-  ~ GNU General Public License for more details.
-  ~
-  ~ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-  ~ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-  -->
-
-<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
-    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
-    android:layout_width="match_parent"
-    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-    android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/standard_margin"
-    android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/standard_half_margin"
-    android:layout_marginEnd="@dimen/standard_margin"
-    android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/standard_half_margin"
-    android:orientation="vertical">
-
-    <com.facebook.drawee.view.SimpleDraweeView
-        android:id="@+id/avatar_drawee_view"
-        android:layout_width="@dimen/avatar_size"
-        android:layout_height="@dimen/avatar_size"
-        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
-        android:layout_marginEnd="@dimen/standard_margin"
-        app:roundAsCircle="true" />
-
-    <androidx.emoji.widget.EmojiTextView
-        android:id="@+id/name_text"
-        android:layout_width="match_parent"
-        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
-        android:layout_toEndOf="@id/avatar_drawee_view"
-        android:ellipsize="end"
-        android:lines="1"
-        android:textAlignment="viewStart"
-        android:textAppearance="@style/ListItem"
-        tools:text="Jane Doe" />
-
-</RelativeLayout>