diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/wizard.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/wizard.scss
index c2ba5c08142..0ec2ef2a7be 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/wizard.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/wizard.scss
@@ -823,35 +823,6 @@ body.wizard {
   max-height: 500px;
 }
 
-.wizard-step-emoji {
-  .radio-area {
-    display: flex;
-    flex-direction: row;
-    align-items: center;
-
-    input {
-      flex: 1 0 0px;
-    }
-
-    span {
-      flex: 10 0 0;
-    }
-
-    span.extra-label {
-      flex: 20 0 0;
-    }
-  }
-
-  .emoji-preview {
-    margin-left: 1em;
-    img {
-      height: 40px;
-      width: 40px;
-      padding-right: 0.5em;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 .wizard-step-homepage {
   .field-homepage-style {
     width: 280px;
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index 6eb78d05236..473ad850a7d 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -4843,10 +4843,6 @@ en:
               categories_boxes_with_topics:
                 label: "Categories boxes with Topics"
 
-      emoji:
-        title: "Emoji"
-        description: "Which Emoji style do you prefer for your community? You can add more custom Emoji later via Admin, Customize, Emoji."
-
       invites:
         title: "Invite Staff"
         description: "You’re almost done! Let’s invite some people to help <a href='https://blog.discourse.org/2014/08/building-a-discourse-community/' target='blank'>seed your discussions</a> with interesting topics and replies to get your community started."
diff --git a/lib/wizard/builder.rb b/lib/wizard/builder.rb
index 2dd469431b5..014e514a4e0 100644
--- a/lib/wizard/builder.rb
+++ b/lib/wizard/builder.rb
@@ -265,29 +265,6 @@ class Wizard
         end
       end
 
-      @wizard.append_step('emoji') do |step|
-        sets = step.add_field(id: 'emoji_set',
-                              type: 'radio',
-                              required: true,
-                              value: SiteSetting.emoji_set)
-
-        emoji = ["smile", "+1", "tada", "poop"]
-
-        EmojiSetSiteSetting.values.each do |set|
-          imgs = emoji.map do |e|
-            "<img src='#{Discourse.base_path}/images/emoji/#{set[:value]}/#{e}.png'>"
-          end
-
-          sets.add_choice(set[:value],
-                          label: I18n.t("js.#{set[:name]}"),
-                          extra_label: "<span class='emoji-preview'>#{imgs.join}</span>")
-
-          step.on_update do |updater|
-            updater.apply_settings(:emoji_set)
-          end
-        end
-      end
-
       @wizard.append_step('invites') do |step|
         if SiteSetting.enable_local_logins
           staff_count = User.staff.human_users.where('username_lower not in (?)', reserved_usernames).count
diff --git a/spec/components/wizard/step_updater_spec.rb b/spec/components/wizard/step_updater_spec.rb
index a4ea41cc635..1f508507794 100644
--- a/spec/components/wizard/step_updater_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/wizard/step_updater_spec.rb
@@ -307,17 +307,6 @@ describe Wizard::StepUpdater do
     end
   end
 
-  context "emoji step" do
-    it "updates the fields correctly" do
-      updater = wizard.create_updater('emoji', emoji_set: "twitter")
-      updater.update
-
-      expect(updater).to be_success
-      expect(wizard.completed_steps?('emoji')).to eq(true)
-      expect(SiteSetting.emoji_set).to eq('twitter')
-    end
-  end
-
   context "homepage step" do
     it "updates the fields correctly" do
       updater = wizard.create_updater('homepage', homepage_style: "categories_and_top_topics")