diff --git a/app/models/status.rb b/app/models/status.rb
index 57ff46c87a..a8d162d82a 100644
--- a/app/models/status.rb
+++ b/app/models/status.rb
@@ -436,15 +436,6 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
     end
   end
 
-  def marked_local_only?
-    # match both with and without U+FE0F (the emoji variation selector)
-    /#{local_only_emoji}\ufe0f?\z/.match?(content)
-  end
-
-  def local_only_emoji
-    '👁'
-  end
-
   def status_stat
     super || build_status_stat
   end
@@ -499,7 +490,7 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
     if reblog?
       self.local_only = reblog.local_only
     elsif local_only.nil?
-      self.local_only = marked_local_only?
+      self.local_only = false
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/status_spec.rb b/spec/models/status_spec.rb
index a57fa95b76..e5b0d9ce18 100644
--- a/spec/models/status_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/status_spec.rb
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ RSpec.describe Status do
 
     describe 'on a status that ends with the local-only emoji' do
       before do
-        subject.text = "A toot #{subject.local_only_emoji}"
+        subject.text = 'A toot 👁'
       end
 
       context 'when the status originates from this instance' do
@@ -254,10 +254,10 @@ RSpec.describe Status do
           subject.account = local_account
         end
 
-        it 'is marked local-only' do
+        it 'is not marked local-only' do
           subject.save!
 
-          expect(subject).to be_local_only
+          expect(subject).to_not be_local_only
         end
       end