diff --git a/td/telegram/DialogAction.cpp b/td/telegram/DialogAction.cpp
index 129c97359..64f0ded56 100644
--- a/td/telegram/DialogAction.cpp
+++ b/td/telegram/DialogAction.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "td/telegram/misc.h"
 #include "td/telegram/ServerMessageId.h"
 
+#include "td/utils/emoji.h"
 #include "td/utils/misc.h"
 #include "td/utils/Slice.h"
 #include "td/utils/SliceBuilder.h"
diff --git a/td/telegram/DialogFilter.cpp b/td/telegram/DialogFilter.cpp
index 13386c6e3..e276b73f4 100644
--- a/td/telegram/DialogFilter.cpp
+++ b/td/telegram/DialogFilter.cpp
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 #include "td/telegram/DialogFilter.h"
 
 #include "td/telegram/DialogId.h"
-#include "td/telegram/misc.h"
 
 #include "td/utils/algorithm.h"
+#include "td/utils/emoji.h"
 #include "td/utils/format.h"
 #include "td/utils/logging.h"
 
diff --git a/td/telegram/MessageContent.cpp b/td/telegram/MessageContent.cpp
index eece9216b..0e844447a 100644
--- a/td/telegram/MessageContent.cpp
+++ b/td/telegram/MessageContent.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #include "td/actor/PromiseFuture.h"
 
 #include "td/utils/algorithm.h"
+#include "td/utils/emoji.h"
 #include "td/utils/format.h"
 #include "td/utils/HttpUrl.h"
 #include "td/utils/logging.h"
diff --git a/td/telegram/StickersManager.cpp b/td/telegram/StickersManager.cpp
index 2e0ebf5e0..cb8a0a103 100644
--- a/td/telegram/StickersManager.cpp
+++ b/td/telegram/StickersManager.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "td/actor/SleepActor.h"
 
 #include "td/utils/algorithm.h"
+#include "td/utils/emoji.h"
 #include "td/utils/format.h"
 #include "td/utils/JsonBuilder.h"
 #include "td/utils/logging.h"
diff --git a/td/telegram/StickersManager.hpp b/td/telegram/StickersManager.hpp
index bf76e9f56..6253ea623 100644
--- a/td/telegram/StickersManager.hpp
+++ b/td/telegram/StickersManager.hpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "td/telegram/misc.h"
 #include "td/telegram/Photo.hpp"
 
+#include "td/utils/emoji.h"
 #include "td/utils/logging.h"
 #include "td/utils/misc.h"
 #include "td/utils/Slice.h"
diff --git a/td/telegram/misc.cpp b/td/telegram/misc.cpp
index 5f5cf8ac5..2886fa0cc 100644
--- a/td/telegram/misc.cpp
+++ b/td/telegram/misc.cpp
@@ -307,31 +307,4 @@ string get_emoji_fingerprint(uint64 num) {
   return emojis[static_cast<size_t>((num & 0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF) % emojis.size())].str();
 }
 
-Slice remove_emoji_modifiers(Slice emoji) {
-  static const Slice modifiers[] = {u8"\uFE0E" /* variation selector-15 */,
-                                    u8"\uFE0F" /* variation selector-16 */,
-                                    u8"\u200D\u2640" /* zero width joiner + female sign */,
-                                    u8"\u200D\u2642" /* zero width joiner + male sign */,
-                                    u8"\U0001F3FB" /* emoji modifier fitzpatrick type-1-2 */,
-                                    u8"\U0001F3FC" /* emoji modifier fitzpatrick type-3 */,
-                                    u8"\U0001F3FD" /* emoji modifier fitzpatrick type-4 */,
-                                    u8"\U0001F3FE" /* emoji modifier fitzpatrick type-5 */,
-                                    u8"\U0001F3FF" /* emoji modifier fitzpatrick type-6 */};
-  bool found = true;
-  while (found) {
-    found = false;
-    for (auto &modifier : modifiers) {
-      if (ends_with(emoji, modifier) && emoji.size() > modifier.size()) {
-        emoji.remove_suffix(modifier.size());
-        found = true;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return emoji;
-}
-
-void remove_emoji_modifiers_in_place(string &emoji) {
-  emoji.resize(remove_emoji_modifiers(emoji).size());
-}
-
 }  // namespace td
diff --git a/td/telegram/misc.h b/td/telegram/misc.h
index 8c1ab6740..169c9d1bd 100644
--- a/td/telegram/misc.h
+++ b/td/telegram/misc.h
@@ -35,10 +35,4 @@ int64 get_vector_hash(const vector<uint64> &numbers) TD_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 // returns emoji corresponding to the specified number
 string get_emoji_fingerprint(uint64 num);
 
-// removes all emoji modifiers
-Slice remove_emoji_modifiers(Slice emoji);
-
-// removes all emoji modifiers in place
-void remove_emoji_modifiers_in_place(string &emoji);
-
 }  // namespace td
diff --git a/tdutils/td/utils/emoji.cpp b/tdutils/td/utils/emoji.cpp
index a5b73bcb6..918aff2ff 100644
--- a/tdutils/td/utils/emoji.cpp
+++ b/tdutils/td/utils/emoji.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 //
 #include "td/utils/emoji.h"
 
+#include "td/utils/misc.h"
+
 #include <unordered_set>
 
 namespace td {
@@ -837,4 +839,31 @@ bool is_emoji(Slice str) {
   return emojis.count(str) != 0;
 }
 
+Slice remove_emoji_modifiers(Slice emoji) {
+  static const Slice modifiers[] = {u8"\uFE0E" /* variation selector-15 */,
+                                    u8"\uFE0F" /* variation selector-16 */,
+                                    u8"\u200D\u2640" /* zero width joiner + female sign */,
+                                    u8"\u200D\u2642" /* zero width joiner + male sign */,
+                                    u8"\U0001F3FB" /* emoji modifier fitzpatrick type-1-2 */,
+                                    u8"\U0001F3FC" /* emoji modifier fitzpatrick type-3 */,
+                                    u8"\U0001F3FD" /* emoji modifier fitzpatrick type-4 */,
+                                    u8"\U0001F3FE" /* emoji modifier fitzpatrick type-5 */,
+                                    u8"\U0001F3FF" /* emoji modifier fitzpatrick type-6 */};
+  bool found = true;
+  while (found) {
+    found = false;
+    for (auto &modifier : modifiers) {
+      if (ends_with(emoji, modifier) && emoji.size() > modifier.size()) {
+        emoji.remove_suffix(modifier.size());
+        found = true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return emoji;
+}
+
+void remove_emoji_modifiers_in_place(string &emoji) {
+  emoji.resize(remove_emoji_modifiers(emoji).size());
+}
+
 }  // namespace td
diff --git a/tdutils/td/utils/emoji.h b/tdutils/td/utils/emoji.h
index 0851e8481..4a0020187 100644
--- a/tdutils/td/utils/emoji.h
+++ b/tdutils/td/utils/emoji.h
@@ -14,4 +14,10 @@ namespace td {
 // checks whether the string is an emoji; variation selectors are ignored
 bool is_emoji(Slice str);
 
+// removes all emoji modifiers from the end of the string
+Slice remove_emoji_modifiers(Slice emoji);
+
+// removes all emoji modifiers from the end of the string in place
+void remove_emoji_modifiers_in_place(string &emoji);
+
 }  // namespace td