diff --git a/ts/models/message.ts b/ts/models/message.ts
index a915973b4..195bfb7ad 100644
--- a/ts/models/message.ts
+++ b/ts/models/message.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ import {
   getUsBlindedInThatServer,
   isUsAnySogsFromCache,
 } from '../session/apis/open_group_api/sogsv3/knownBlindedkeys';
-import { QUOTED_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH } from '../session/constants';
 import { ReactionList } from '../types/Reaction';
 import { getAttachmentMetadata } from '../types/message/initializeAttachmentMetadata';
 // tslint:disable: cyclomatic-complexity
@@ -1275,14 +1274,6 @@ export class MessageModel extends Backbone.Model<MessageAttributes> {
   }
 }
 
-// this is to avoid saving 2k chars for just the quote object inside a message
-export function sliceQuoteText(quotedText: string | undefined | null) {
-  if (!quotedText || isEmpty(quotedText)) {
-    return '';
-  }
-  return quotedText.slice(0, QUOTED_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH);
-}
-
 const throttledAllMessagesDispatch = debounce(
   () => {
     if (updatesToDispatch.size === 0) {
diff --git a/ts/session/constants.ts b/ts/session/constants.ts
index ab41f29cb..134d191c6 100644
--- a/ts/session/constants.ts
+++ b/ts/session/constants.ts
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ export const UI = {
   },
 };
 
-// we keep 150 chars, because quoting someone with 66 hex chars need to be kept in full so we can render it in the quote with its name
-export const QUOTED_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH = 150;
-
 export const DEFAULT_RECENT_REACTS = ['😂', '🥰', '😢', '😡', '😮', '😈'];
 
 export const MAX_USERNAME_BYTES = 64;