diff --git a/lib/src/message_widget.dart b/lib/src/message_widget.dart
index 3632fca2..a883201a 100644
--- a/lib/src/message_widget.dart
+++ b/lib/src/message_widget.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import 'dart:math';
 import 'dart:ui';
 
-import 'package:emojis/emoji.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/cupertino.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
@@ -936,16 +935,7 @@ class _MessageWidgetState extends State<MessageWidget> {
     );
   }
 
-  final _emojis = Emoji.all();
-  bool get isOnlyEmoji =>
-      widget.message.text.characters.isNotEmpty &&
-      widget.message.text.trim().characters.every((c) =>
-          _emojis.firstWhere(
-            (Emoji emoji) => emoji.char.contains(c),
-            orElse: () => null,
-          ) !=
-          null) &&
-      widget.message.text.characters.length < 4;
+  bool get isOnlyEmoji => textIsOnlyEmoji(widget.message.text);
 
   Color _getBackgroundColor() {
     if (hasQuotedMessage) {
diff --git a/lib/src/quoted_message_widget.dart b/lib/src/quoted_message_widget.dart
index c0439d46..7621174f 100644
--- a/lib/src/quoted_message_widget.dart
+++ b/lib/src/quoted_message_widget.dart
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 import 'dart:math';
 
 import 'package:cached_network_image/cached_network_image.dart';
-import 'package:emojis/emoji.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:stream_chat/stream_chat.dart';
 import 'package:video_player/video_player.dart';
 
 import 'attachment_error.dart';
+import 'extension.dart';
 import 'image_attachment.dart';
 import 'message_text.dart';
 import 'stream_chat_theme.dart';
 import 'user_avatar.dart';
 import 'utils.dart';
-import 'extension.dart';
 
 typedef QuotedMessageAttachmentThumbnailBuilder = Widget Function(
   BuildContext,
@@ -126,8 +125,7 @@ class QuotedMessageWidget extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 
   Widget _buildMessage(BuildContext context) {
-    final isOnlyEmoji =
-        message.text.characters.every((c) => Emoji.byChar(c) != null);
+    final isOnlyEmoji = textIsOnlyEmoji(message.text);
     var msg = _hasAttachments && !_containsText
         ? message.copyWith(text: message.attachments.last?.title ?? '')
         : message;
diff --git a/lib/src/utils.dart b/lib/src/utils.dart
index f573b77b..be10263e 100644
--- a/lib/src/utils.dart
+++ b/lib/src/utils.dart
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+import 'package:emojis/emoji.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:stream_chat/stream_chat.dart';
 import 'package:url_launcher/url_launcher.dart';
 
-import 'stream_svg_icon.dart';
-
 import '../stream_chat_flutter.dart';
+import 'stream_svg_icon.dart';
 
 Future<void> launchURL(BuildContext context, String url) async {
   if (await canLaunch(url)) {
@@ -215,3 +215,16 @@ StreamSvgIcon getFileTypeImage(String type) {
       break;
   }
 }
+
+final _emojis = Emoji.all();
+
+bool textIsOnlyEmoji(String text) {
+  return text.trim().characters.isNotEmpty &&
+      text.trim().characters.every((c) =>
+          _emojis.firstWhere(
+            (Emoji emoji) => emoji.char.contains(c),
+            orElse: () => null,
+          ) !=
+          null) &&
+      text.characters.length < 4;
+}