diff --git a/src/routes/_components/compose/ComposeAutosuggest.html b/src/routes/_components/compose/ComposeAutosuggest.html
index 1c796e29..cd3c7024 100644
--- a/src/routes/_components/compose/ComposeAutosuggest.html
+++ b/src/routes/_components/compose/ComposeAutosuggest.html
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
     selected={autosuggestSelected}
     {realm}
   />
-  <div class="sr-only" aria-live="assertive">
-    {assertiveAriaText}
-  </div>
 </div>
 <style>
   .compose-autosuggest {
@@ -57,7 +54,6 @@
   import { selectAutosuggestItem } from '../../_actions/autosuggest'
   import { observe } from 'svelte-extras'
   import { once } from '../../_utils/once'
-  import { createAutosuggestAccessibleLabel } from '../../_utils/createAutosuggestAccessibleLabel'
 
   export default {
     oncreate () {
@@ -111,21 +107,7 @@
       /* eslint-enable camelcase */
       shouldBeShown: ({ realm, $autosuggestShown, composeFocused }) => (
         !!($autosuggestShown && composeFocused)
-      ),
-      // text that is read to screen readers. based on https://haltersweb.github.io/Accessibility/autocomplete.html
-      assertiveAriaText: ({
-        shouldBeShown,
-        autosuggestSearchResults,
-        autosuggestSelected,
-        autosuggestType,
-        $omitEmojiInDisplayNames
-      }) => {
-        if (!shouldBeShown || !autosuggestSearchResults || !autosuggestSearchResults.length) {
-          return ''
-        }
-        return createAutosuggestAccessibleLabel(autosuggestType, $omitEmojiInDisplayNames,
-          autosuggestSelected, autosuggestSearchResults)
-      }
+      )
     },
     data: () => ({
       shown: false