diff --git a/res/css/views/messages/_MessageActionBar.scss b/res/css/views/messages/_MessageActionBar.scss
index 3ecbef0d1f..d41ac3a4ba 100644
--- a/res/css/views/messages/_MessageActionBar.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/messages/_MessageActionBar.scss
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ limitations under the License.
left: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
+ mask-size: 18px;
mask-repeat: no-repeat;
mask-position: center;
background-color: $message-action-bar-fg-color;
diff --git a/res/img/element-icons/room/composer/emoji.svg b/res/img/element-icons/room/composer/emoji.svg
index 9613d9edd9..b02cb69364 100644
--- a/res/img/element-icons/room/composer/emoji.svg
+++ b/res/img/element-icons/room/composer/emoji.svg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
diff --git a/res/img/element-icons/room/message-bar/emoji.svg b/res/img/element-icons/room/message-bar/emoji.svg
index 697f656b8a..07fee5b834 100644
--- a/res/img/element-icons/room/message-bar/emoji.svg
+++ b/res/img/element-icons/room/message-bar/emoji.svg
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-