diff --git a/src/status_im2/contexts/onboarding/create_profile/view.cljs b/src/status_im2/contexts/onboarding/create_profile/view.cljs
index d4bff550ddd5..3227b114a655 100644
--- a/src/status_im2/contexts/onboarding/create_profile/view.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im2/contexts/onboarding/create_profile/view.cljs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     [react-native.safe-area :as safe-area]
     [reagent.core :as reagent]
     [status-im2.constants :as c]
-    [status-im2.contexts.emoji-picker.utils :as emoji-picker.utils]
     [status-im2.contexts.onboarding.create-profile.style :as style]
     [status-im2.contexts.onboarding.select-photo.method-menu.view :as method-menu]
     [utils.i18n :as i18n]
@@ -222,8 +221,7 @@
                                   (rf/dispatch [:onboarding-2/profile-data-set
                                                 {:image-path   @profile-pic
                                                  :display-name @full-name
-                                                 :color        @custom-color
-                                                 :emoji        (emoji-picker.utils/random-emoji)}]))
+                                                 :color        @custom-color}]))
            :container-style     style/continue-button
            :disabled?           (or (not valid-name?) (not (seq @full-name)))}
           (i18n/label :t/continue)]]]])
diff --git a/src/status_im2/contexts/profile/create/events.cljs b/src/status_im2/contexts/profile/create/events.cljs
index 13913f607c45..c58a6c60b434 100644
--- a/src/status_im2/contexts/profile/create/events.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im2/contexts/profile/create/events.cljs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   (:require
     [native-module.core :as native-module]
     [re-frame.core :as re-frame]
+    [status-im2.contexts.emoji-picker.utils :as emoji-picker.utils]
     [status-im2.contexts.profile.config :as profile.config]
     [utils.re-frame :as rf]
     [utils.security.core :as security]))
@@ -21,4 +22,4 @@
           :password           (native-module/sha3 (security/safe-unmask-data password))
           :imagePath          (profile.config/strip-file-prefix image-path)
           :customizationColor color
-          :emoji              emoji)})
+          :emoji              (emoji-picker.utils/random-emoji))})