diff --git a/src/backend/variables/builtin/twitch/chat/message/chat-message-text-only.ts b/src/backend/variables/builtin/twitch/chat/message/chat-message-text-only.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bc8e6548..000000000
--- a/src/backend/variables/builtin/twitch/chat/message/chat-message-text-only.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import { ReplaceVariable } from "../../../../../../types/variables";
-import { EffectTrigger } from "../../../../../../shared/effect-constants";
-import { OutputDataType, VariableCategory } from "../../../../../../shared/variable-constants";
-
-const triggers = {};
-triggers[EffectTrigger.MANUAL] = true;
-triggers[EffectTrigger.COMMAND] = true;
-triggers[EffectTrigger.EVENT] = [
-    "twitch:chat-message",
-    "twitch:first-time-chat",
-    "firebot:highlight-message",
-    "twitch:viewer-arrived"
-];
-
-const model: ReplaceVariable = {
-    definition: {
-        handle: "chatMessageTextOnly",
-        description: "Outputs the chat message from the associated command or event, with any emotes or URLs trimmed out",
-        triggers: triggers,
-        categories: [VariableCategory.COMMON, VariableCategory.TRIGGER],
-        possibleDataOutput: [OutputDataType.TEXT]
-    },
-    evaluator: (trigger) => {
-        let messageParts = [];
-        if (trigger.type === EffectTrigger.COMMAND) {
-            messageParts = trigger.metadata.chatMessage.parts;
-        } else if (trigger.type === EffectTrigger.EVENT) {
-            messageParts = trigger.metadata.eventData.chatMessage.parts;
-        }
-
-        const textParts = messageParts.filter(p => p.type === "text").map(p => p.text);
-        return textParts.join(" ").trim();
-    }
-};
-
-export default model;
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diff --git a/src/backend/variables/builtin/twitch/chat/message/index.ts b/src/backend/variables/builtin/twitch/chat/message/index.ts
index 24861e263..6e6b25350 100644
--- a/src/backend/variables/builtin/twitch/chat/message/index.ts
+++ b/src/backend/variables/builtin/twitch/chat/message/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import chatMessageAnimatedEmoteUrls from './chat-message-animated-emote-urls';
 import chatMessageEmoteNames from './chat-message-emote-names';
 import chatMessageEmoteUrls from './chat-message-emote-urls';
-import chatMessageTextOnly from './chat-message-text-only';
 import chatMessage from './chat-message';
 import chatColor from './chat-user-color';
 
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ export default [
     chatMessageAnimatedEmoteUrls,
     chatMessageEmoteNames,
     chatMessageEmoteUrls,
-    chatMessageTextOnly,
     chatMessage,
 
     chatColor,