diff --git a/src/mbyte.c b/src/mbyte.c
index 40c940c834..f49637cebb 100644
--- a/src/mbyte.c
+++ b/src/mbyte.c
@@ -1257,85 +1257,6 @@ utf_char2cells(int c)
 	{0x30000, 0x3fffd}
     };
 
-    /* Sorted list of non-overlapping intervals of Emoji characters,
-     * based on http://unicode.org/emoji/charts/emoji-list.html */
-    static struct interval emoji[] =
-    {
-	{0x231a, 0x231b},
-	{0x2328, 0x2328},
-	{0x23cf, 0x23cf},
-	{0x23e9, 0x23f3},
-	{0x23f8, 0x23fa},
-	{0x24c2, 0x24c2},
-	{0x25fb, 0x25fe},
-	{0x2600, 0x2604},
-	{0x260e, 0x260e},
-	{0x2611, 0x2611},
-	{0x2614, 0x2615},
-	{0x2618, 0x2618},
-	{0x261d, 0x261d},
-	{0x2620, 0x2620},
-	{0x2622, 0x2623},
-	{0x2626, 0x2626},
-	{0x262a, 0x262a},
-	{0x262e, 0x262f},
-	{0x2638, 0x2639},
-	{0x2648, 0x2653},
-	{0x2668, 0x2668},
-	{0x267b, 0x267b},
-	{0x267f, 0x267f},
-	{0x2692, 0x2694},
-	{0x2696, 0x2697},
-	{0x2699, 0x2699},
-	{0x269b, 0x269c},
-	{0x26a0, 0x26a1},
-	{0x26aa, 0x26ab},
-	{0x26b0, 0x26b1},
-	{0x26bd, 0x26be},
-	{0x26c4, 0x26c5},
-	{0x26c8, 0x26c8},
-	{0x26ce, 0x26cf},
-	{0x26d1, 0x26d1},
-	{0x26d3, 0x26d4},
-	{0x26e9, 0x26ea},
-	{0x26f0, 0x26f5},
-	{0x26f7, 0x26fa},
-	{0x26fd, 0x26fd},
-	{0x2702, 0x2702},
-	{0x2705, 0x2705},
-	{0x2708, 0x270b},
-	{0x270d, 0x270d},
-	{0x270f, 0x270f},
-	{0x2712, 0x2712},
-	{0x2714, 0x2714},
-	{0x2716, 0x2716},
-	{0x271d, 0x271d},
-	{0x2721, 0x2721},
-	{0x2728, 0x2728},
-	{0x2733, 0x2734},
-	{0x2744, 0x2744},
-	{0x2747, 0x2747},
-	{0x274c, 0x274c},
-	{0x274e, 0x274e},
-	{0x2753, 0x2755},
-	{0x2757, 0x2757},
-	{0x2764, 0x2764},
-	{0x2795, 0x2797},
-	{0x27a1, 0x27a1},
-	{0x27b0, 0x27b0},
-	{0x27bf, 0x27bf},
-	{0x2934, 0x2935},
-	{0x2b05, 0x2b07},
-	{0x2b1b, 0x2b1c},
-	{0x2b50, 0x2b50},
-	{0x2b55, 0x2b55},
-	{0x3030, 0x3030},
-	{0x303d, 0x303d},
-	{0x3297, 0x3297},
-	{0x3299, 0x3299},
-	{0x1f000, 0x1fffd}
-    };
-
     /* Sorted list of non-overlapping intervals of East Asian Ambiguous
      * characters, generated with ../runtime/tools/unicode.vim. */
     static struct interval ambiguous[] =
@@ -1430,7 +1351,6 @@ utf_char2cells(int c)
 	{0x2170, 0x2179},
 	{0x2189, 0x2189},
 	{0x2190, 0x2199},
-	{0x21a9, 0x21aa},
 	{0x21b8, 0x21b9},
 	{0x21d2, 0x21d2},
 	{0x21d4, 0x21d4},