diff --git a/src/app/qml/EmojiItem.qml b/src/app/qml/EmojiItem.qml
index c0fe9a850..d8a05cf84 100644
--- a/src/app/qml/EmojiItem.qml
+++ b/src/app/qml/EmojiItem.qml
@@ -6,16 +6,15 @@ import QtQuick.Controls as QQC2
 import QtQuick.Layouts
 
 import org.kde.kirigami as Kirigami
-import org.kde.neochat
 
 ColumnLayout {
     id: root
 
-    property alias emoji: emojiLabel.text
-    property alias description: descriptionLabel.text
+    required property string emoji
+    required property string description
 
     QQC2.Label {
-        id: emojiLabel
+        text: root.emoji
         Layout.fillWidth: true
         Layout.preferredWidth: Kirigami.Units.iconSizes.huge
         Layout.preferredHeight: Kirigami.Units.iconSizes.huge
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ ColumnLayout {
         font.pointSize: Kirigami.Theme.defaultFont.pointSize * 4
     }
     QQC2.Label {
-        id: descriptionLabel
+        text: root.description
         Layout.fillWidth: true
         verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
         horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
diff --git a/src/app/qml/EmojiRow.qml b/src/app/qml/EmojiRow.qml
index 28ee2b620..ca5fc6361 100644
--- a/src/app/qml/EmojiRow.qml
+++ b/src/app/qml/EmojiRow.qml
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ RowLayout {
 
     Repeater {
         id: repeater
-        delegate: EmojiItem {
-            emoji: modelData.emoji
-            description: modelData.description
-        }
+        delegate: EmojiItem {}
     }
 }