diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 5a791d9..febf330 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/models.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/plugins.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/imgur.js"></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="3rdparty/favico-0.3.10.min.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body ng-controller="WeechatCtrl" ng-keydown="handleKeyPress($event)" ng-keyup="handleKeyRelease($event)"  ng-keypress="handleKeyPress($event)" ng-class="{'no-overflow': connected}" ng-init="init()" lang="en-US">
     <div class="alert alert-danger upload-error" ng-show="uploadError">
@@ -287,7 +286,7 @@ chown -R <strong>username</strong>:<strong>username</strong> ~<strong>username</
               <td class="prefix"><span ng-class="::{'repeated-prefix': bufferline.prefixtext==bufferlines[$index-1].prefixtext}"><a ng-click="addMention(bufferline.prefix)"><span class="hidden-bracket">&lt;</span><span ng-repeat="part in ::bufferline.prefix" ng-class="::part.classes" ng-bind="::part.text|prefixlimit:25"></span><span class="hidden-bracket">&gt;</span></a></span></td><!--
            --><td class="message"><!--
              --><div ng-repeat="metadata in ::bufferline.metadata" plugin data="::metadata"></div><!--
-             --><span ng-repeat="part in ::bufferline.content" class="text" ng-class="::part.classes.concat(['line-' + part.$$hashKey.replace(':','_')])" ng-bind-html="::part.text | linky:'_blank':{rel:'noopener noreferrer'} | DOMfilter:'irclinky' | DOMfilter:'emojify':settings.enableJSEmoji | DOMfilter:'inlinecolour' | DOMfilter:'latexmath':('.line-' + part.$$hashKey.replace(':','_')):settings.enableMathjax"></span>
+             --><span ng-repeat="part in ::bufferline.content" class="text" ng-class="::part.classes.concat(['line-' + part.$$hashKey.replace(':','_')])" ng-bind-html="::part.text | linky:'_blank':{rel:'noopener noreferrer'} | DOMfilter:'irclinky' | DOMfilter:'inlinecolour' | DOMfilter:'latexmath':('.line-' + part.$$hashKey.replace(':','_')):settings.enableMathjax"></span>
               </td>
             </tr>
             <tr class="readmarker" ng-if="activeBuffer().lastSeen==$index">
@@ -417,16 +416,6 @@ chown -R <strong>username</strong>:<strong>username</strong> ~<strong>username</
                   </div>
                 </form>
               </li>
-              <li>
-                <form class="form-inline" role="form">
-                  <div class="checkbox">
-                    <label>
-                      <input type="checkbox" ng-model="settings.useFavico">
-                      Display unread count in favicon
-                    </label>
-                  </div>
-                </form>
-              </li>
               <li>
                 <form class="form-inline" role="form">
                   <div class="checkbox">
@@ -438,16 +427,6 @@ chown -R <strong>username</strong>:<strong>username</strong> ~<strong>username</
                 </form>
               </li>
               <li>
-                <form class="form-inline" role="form">
-                  <div class="checkbox">
-                    <label>
-                      <input type="checkbox" ng-model="settings.enableJSEmoji">
-                      Enable non-native Emoji support <span class="text-muted settings-help">Displays Emoji characters as images. Emoji provided free by <a href="http://emojione.com">http://emojione.com</a></span>
-                    </label>
-                  </div>
-                </form>
-              </li>
-               <li>
                 <form class="form-inline" role="form">
                   <div class="checkbox">
                     <label>
diff --git a/js/filters.js b/js/filters.js
index 37ff9b9..93ab9ef 100644
--- a/js/filters.js
+++ b/js/filters.js
@@ -157,24 +157,6 @@ weechat.filter('getBufferQuickKeys', function () {
     };
 });
 
-// Emojifis the string using https://github.com/Ranks/emojione
-weechat.filter('emojify', function() {
-    return function(text, enable_JS_Emoji) {
-        if (enable_JS_Emoji === true && window.emojione !== undefined) {
-            // Emoji live in the D800-DFFF surrogate plane; only bother passing
-            // this range to CPU-expensive unicodeToImage();
-            var emojiRegex = /[\uD800-\uDBFF][\uDC00-\uDFFF]/g;
-            if (emojiRegex.test(text)) {
-                return emojione.unicodeToImage(text);
-            } else {
-                return(text);
-            }
-        } else {
-            return(text);
-        }
-    };
-});
-
 weechat.filter('latexmath', function() {
     return function(text, selector, enabled) {
         if (!enabled || typeof(katex) === "undefined") {
diff --git a/js/glowingbear.js b/js/glowingbear.js
index bbe1c6b..015b6a9 100644
--- a/js/glowingbear.js
+++ b/js/glowingbear.js
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
         'fontsize': '14px',
         'fontfamily': (utils.isMobileUi() ? 'sans-serif' : 'Inconsolata, Consolas, Monaco, Ubuntu Mono, monospace'),
         'readlineBindings': false,
-        'enableJSEmoji': (utils.isMobileUi() ? false : true),
         'enableMathjax': false,
         'customCSS': '',
         "currentlyViewedBuffers":{},
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
                     buffer.unread = 0;
                     buffer.notification = 0;
 
-                    // Trigger title and favico update
+                    // Trigger title update
                     $rootScope.$emit('notificationChanged');
                 }
 
@@ -223,7 +222,6 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
         }
     });
 
-    $rootScope.favico = new Favico({animation: 'none'});
     $scope.notifications = notifications.unreadCount('notification');
     $scope.unread = notifications.unreadCount('unread');
 
@@ -231,10 +229,6 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
         notifications.updateTitle();
         $scope.notifications = notifications.unreadCount('notification');
         $scope.unread = notifications.unreadCount('unread');
-
-        if (settings.useFavico && $rootScope.favico) {
-            notifications.updateFavico();
-        }
     });
 
     $rootScope.$on('relayDisconnect', function() {
@@ -362,19 +356,6 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
         $rootScope.predicate = orderbyserver ? 'serverSortKey' : 'number';
     });
 
-    settings.addCallback('useFavico', function(useFavico) {
-        // this check is necessary as this is called on page load, too
-        if (!$rootScope.connected) {
-            return;
-        }
-        if (useFavico) {
-            notifications.updateFavico();
-        } else {
-            $rootScope.favico.reset();
-            notifications.updateBadge('');
-        }
-    });
-
     // To prevent unnecessary loading times for users who don't
     // want LaTeX math, load it only if the setting is enabled.
     // This also fires when the page is loaded if enabled.
@@ -792,7 +773,6 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
             if ($rootScope.connected) {
                 $scope.disconnect();
             }
-            $scope.favico.reset();
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/js/notifications.js b/js/notifications.js
index 2f9752f..a0a3afa 100644
--- a/js/notifications.js
+++ b/js/notifications.js
@@ -134,32 +134,6 @@ weechat.factory('notifications', ['$rootScope', '$log', 'models', 'settings', fu
         }
     };
 
-    var updateFavico = function() {
-        var notifications = unreadCount('notification');
-        if (notifications > 0) {
-            $rootScope.favico.badge(notifications, {
-                    bgColor: '#d00',
-                    textColor: '#fff'
-            });
-            // Set badge to notifications count
-            updateBadge(notifications);
-        } else {
-            var unread = unreadCount('unread');
-            if (unread === 0) {
-                $rootScope.favico.reset();
-                // Remove badge form app icon
-                updateBadge('');
-            } else {
-                $rootScope.favico.badge(unread, {
-                    bgColor: '#5CB85C',
-                    textColor: '#ff0'
-                });
-                // Set app badge to "." when only unread and no notifications
-                updateBadge("•");
-            }
-        }
-    };
-
     // Update app badge (electron only)
     var updateBadge = function(value) {
 
@@ -220,7 +194,6 @@ weechat.factory('notifications', ['$rootScope', '$log', 'models', 'settings', fu
     return {
         requestNotificationPermission: requestNotificationPermission,
         updateTitle: updateTitle,
-        updateFavico: updateFavico,
         updateBadge: updateBadge,
         createHighlight: createHighlight,
         cancelAll: cancelAll,
