diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/emoji/database.ts b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/emoji/database.ts
index 8dbd22c71b..79845b02e7 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/emoji/database.ts
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/emoji/database.ts
@@ -302,7 +302,8 @@ async function toLoadedLocale(localeString: string) {
   }
   if (!loadedLocales.has(locale)) {
     log('Locale %s not loaded, importing...', locale);
-    const { importEmojiData } = await import('./loader');
+    // Ignore the INEFFECTIVE_DYNAMIC_IMPORT Vite warning, since the static import location is inside an inlined web worker.
+    const { importEmojiData } = await import(/* @vite-ignore */ './loader');
     await importEmojiData(locale);
     return locale;
   }
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/emoji/worker.ts b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/emoji/worker.ts
index ce8eea09ab..5602577dbe 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/emoji/worker.ts
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/emoji/worker.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 import { EMOJI_DB_NAME_SHORTCODES, EMOJI_TYPE_CUSTOM } from './constants';
+import {
+  importCustomEmojiData,
+  importEmojiData,
+  importLegacyShortcodes,
+} from './loader';
 
 addEventListener('message', handleMessage);
 self.postMessage('ready'); // After the worker is ready, notify the main thread
@@ -11,8 +16,6 @@ function handleMessage(event: MessageEvent<{ locale: string }>) {
 }
 
 async function loadData(locale: string) {
-  const { importCustomEmojiData, importEmojiData, importLegacyShortcodes } =
-    await import('./loader');
   let importCount: number | undefined;
   if (locale === EMOJI_TYPE_CUSTOM) {
     importCount = (await importCustomEmojiData())?.length;