diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml b/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml
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index 85fd62688..000000000
--- a/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
--#   Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
--#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
--#   the COPYRIGHT file.
-
-= markdownify(post.message)