diff --git a/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/TextMessageView.js b/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/TextMessageView.js
index bf743f31..e361ac05 100644
--- a/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/TextMessageView.js
+++ b/src/platform/web/ui/session/room/timeline/TextMessageView.js
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ const formatFunction = {
     header: headerBlock => tag["h" + Math.min(6,headerBlock.level)]({}, renderParts(headerBlock.inlines)),
     codeblock: codeBlock => tag.pre({}, tag.code({}, text(codeBlock.text))),
     table: tableBlock => renderTable(tableBlock),
-    emph: emphPart => tag.em({}, renderParts(emphPart.inlines)),
     code: codePart => tag.code({}, text(codePart.text)),
     text: textPart => text(textPart.text),
     link: linkPart => tag.a({href: linkPart.url, className: "link", target: "_blank", rel: "noopener" }, renderParts(linkPart.inlines)),