diff --git a/code/game/machinery/telecomms/machines/message_server.dm b/code/game/machinery/telecomms/machines/message_server.dm
index a7b2beb709..8ae2de1997 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/telecomms/machines/message_server.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/telecomms/machines/message_server.dm
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@
 	return data["targets"][1]
 
 /datum/signal/subspace/pda/proc/format_message(emojify = FALSE)
-	var/message = emojify ? data["emoji_message"] : data["message"]
 	if (logged && data["photo"])
 		return "\"[data["message"]]\" (<a href='byond://?src=[REF(logged)];photo=1'>Photo</a>)"
 	return "\"[data["message"]]\""