diff --git a/_locales/en/messages.json b/_locales/en/messages.json
index eb6301a56c0e..77a72ee89e35 100644
--- a/_locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/_locales/en/messages.json
@@ -2190,15 +2190,5 @@
   "Reactions--error": {
     "message": "Failed to send reaction. Please try again.",
     "description": "Shown when a reaction fails to send"
-  },
-  "ContactName--you": {
-    "message": "$name$ (you)",
-    "descriptions": "Indicates that a name represents the current user",
-    "placeholders": {
-      "name": {
-        "content": "$1",
-        "example": "Captain Jack Sparrow"
-      }
-    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/ContactName.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/ContactName.tsx
index c2ea4fcbfeb1..1a88c146ccae 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/ContactName.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/ContactName.tsx
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
 import { Emojify } from './Emojify';
-import { Intl } from '../Intl';
-import { LocalizerType } from '../../types/Util';
 
 interface Props {
   phoneNumber?: string;
   name?: string;
   profileName?: string;
   module?: string;
-  isMe?: boolean;
-  i18n?: LocalizerType;
 }
 
 export class ContactName extends React.Component<Props> {
   public render() {
-    const { phoneNumber, name, profileName, module, isMe, i18n } = this.props;
+    const { phoneNumber, name, profileName, module } = this.props;
     const prefix = module ? module : 'module-contact-name';
 
     const title = name ? name : phoneNumber;
@@ -26,21 +22,11 @@ export class ContactName extends React.Component<Props> {
       </span>
     ) : null;
 
-    const fragment = (
-      <>
+    return (
+      <span className={prefix} dir="auto">
         <Emojify text={title} />
         {shouldShowProfile ? ' ' : null}
         {profileElement}
-      </>
-    );
-
-    return (
-      <span className={prefix} dir="auto">
-        {isMe ? (
-          <Intl i18n={i18n} id="ContactName--you" components={[fragment]} />
-        ) : (
-          fragment
-        )}
       </span>
     );
   }
diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/ReactionViewer.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/ReactionViewer.tsx
index 4a377f7e3676..eaed7e5e8acb 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/ReactionViewer.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/ReactionViewer.tsx
@@ -143,11 +143,9 @@ export const ReactionViewer = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, Props>(
               </div>
               <ContactName
                 module="module-reaction-viewer__body__row__name"
-                i18n={i18n}
                 name={from.name}
                 profileName={from.profileName}
                 phoneNumber={from.phoneNumber}
-                isMe={from.isMe}
               />
             </div>
           ))}