diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/actions/compose.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/actions/compose.js
index c2a33fdb8..9e02e308a 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/actions/compose.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/actions/compose.js
@@ -179,10 +179,6 @@ export function submitCompose(routerHistory) {
       return;
     }
 
-    if (getState().getIn(['compose', 'advanced_options', 'do_not_federate'])) {
-      status = status + ' 👁️';
-    }
-
     dispatch(submitComposeRequest());
 
     // If we're editing a post with media attachments, those have not
@@ -219,6 +215,7 @@ export function submitCompose(routerHistory) {
         visibility: getState().getIn(['compose', 'privacy']),
         poll: getState().getIn(['compose', 'poll'], null),
         language: getState().getIn(['compose', 'language']),
+        local_only: getState().getIn(['compose', 'advanced_options', 'do_not_federate']),
       },
       headers: {
         'Idempotency-Key': getState().getIn(['compose', 'idempotencyKey']),
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
index 7ca2cdbd5..3014a8f09 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     return [
       this.props.spoiler? this.props.spoilerText: '',
       countableText(this.props.text),
-      this.props.advancedOptions && this.props.advancedOptions.get('do_not_federate') ? ' 👁️' : '',
     ].join('');
   };
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/compose.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/compose.js
index 0915ecba0..d2372a9c4 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/compose.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/reducers/compose.js
@@ -570,7 +570,6 @@ export default function compose(state = initialState, action) {
   case REDRAFT:
     const do_not_federate = !!action.status.get('local_only');
     let text = action.raw_text || unescapeHTML(expandMentions(action.status));
-    if (do_not_federate) text = text.replace(/ ?👁\ufe0f?\u200b?$/, '');
     return state.withMutations(map => {
       map.set('text', text);
       map.set('content_type', action.content_type || 'text/plain');