diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/entities/Message.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/entities/Message.java
index 90eee7026..abf2bda06 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/entities/Message.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/entities/Message.java
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ public class Message extends AbstractEntity implements AvatarService.Avatarable
     public SpannableStringBuilder getBodyForDisplaying() {
         if (replyMessage != null) {
             try {
-                return new SpannableStringBuilder(MessageUtils.filterLtrRtl(getReplyText(replyMessage) + "\n" + removeReplyFallback(this, replyMessage)).trim());
+                return new SpannableStringBuilder(MessageUtils.filterLtrRtl(getReplyText(replyMessage) + "\n" + removeReplyFallback(this)).trim());
             } catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
                 return new SpannableStringBuilder(MessageUtils.filterLtrRtl(this.body).trim());
             }
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ public class Message extends AbstractEntity implements AvatarService.Avatarable
     }
 
     private StringBuilder getReplyText(Message message) {
-        StringBuilder reply = removeReplyFallback(message, message.replyMessage);
+        StringBuilder reply = removeReplyFallback(message);
         reply.insert(0, '>');
         for (int i=0;i<reply.length();i++) {
             char c = reply.charAt(i);
@@ -872,27 +872,22 @@ public class Message extends AbstractEntity implements AvatarService.Avatarable
         return reply;
     }
 
-    private StringBuilder removeReplyFallback(Message message, Message replyMessage) {
+    private StringBuilder removeReplyFallback(Message message) {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(message.body);
 
-        if (replyMessage != null && replyMessage.edits.isEmpty()) {
-            sb.replace(0, replyMessage.body.codePointCount(0, replyMessage.body.length()) + 3, "");
-        } else {
-            List<Element> replyFallback = message.getFallbacks("urn:xmpp:reply:0");
-            if (replyFallback.isEmpty()) {
-                return sb;
-            }
-
-            Element bodyFallback = replyFallback.get(0).findChild("body");
-            int startCodePoint = Integer.parseInt(bodyFallback.getAttribute("start"));
-            int endCodePoint = Integer.parseInt(bodyFallback.getAttribute("end"));
-
-            if (startCodePoint < 0) return sb;
-            if (endCodePoint > sb.length()) return sb;
-
-            sb.replace(message.body.offsetByCodePoints(0, startCodePoint), message.body.offsetByCodePoints(0, endCodePoint), "");
+        List<Element> replyFallback = message.getFallbacks("urn:xmpp:reply:0");
+        if (replyFallback.size() == 0) {
+            return sb;
         }
 
+        Element bodyFallback = replyFallback.get(0).findChild("body");
+        int startCodePoint = Integer.parseInt(bodyFallback.getAttribute("start"));
+        int endCodePoint = Integer.parseInt(bodyFallback.getAttribute("end"));
+
+        if (startCodePoint < 0) return sb;
+        if (endCodePoint > sb.length()) return sb;
+
+        sb.replace(message.body.offsetByCodePoints(0, startCodePoint), message.body.offsetByCodePoints(0, endCodePoint), "");
         return sb;
     }