diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/ReplyTile.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/ReplyTile.tsx
index 593ebffedd..9cc42faca3 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/ReplyTile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/ReplyTile.tsx
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ export default class ReplyTile extends React.PureComponent<IProps> {
         onHeightChanged: () => {},
     };
 
-    constructor(props: IProps) {
-        super(props);
-    }
-
     componentDidMount() {
         this.props.mxEvent.on("Event.decrypted", this.onDecrypted);
     }