diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/user-card-contents.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/user-card-contents.hbs
index 3bfdf96268a..4bc61d7a7c0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/user-card-contents.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/components/user-card-contents.hbs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
         <div class="card-row">
           <div class="featured-topic">
             <span class="desc">{{i18n 'user.featured_topic'}}</span>
-            {{#link-to "topic" user.featured_topic.slug user.featured_topic.id }}{{html-safe user.featured_topic.fancy_title}}{{/link-to}}
+            {{#link-to "topic" user.featured_topic.slug user.featured_topic.id }}{{html-safe (replace-emoji user.featured_topic.fancy_title)}}{{/link-to}}
           </div>
         </div>
       {{/if}}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/preferences/profile.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/preferences/profile.hbs
index e6fe5381ed5..f07c8a9a38b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/preferences/profile.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/preferences/profile.hbs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <label class="control-label">{{i18n 'user.featured_topic'}}</label>
     {{#if model.featured_topic}}
       <label class="featured-topic-link">
-      {{#link-to "topic" model.featured_topic.slug model.featured_topic.id}}{{html-safe model.featured_topic.fancy_title}}{{/link-to}}
+      {{#link-to "topic" model.featured_topic.slug model.featured_topic.id}}{{html-safe (replace-emoji model.featured_topic.fancy_title)}}{{/link-to}}
       </label>
     {{/if}}
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user.hbs
index 377177843e8..290b7919619 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user.hbs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
             {{#if showFeaturedTopic}}
               <h3 class="featured-topic">
                 <span>{{i18n 'user.featured_topic'}}</span>
-                {{#link-to "topic" model.featured_topic.slug model.featured_topic.id}}{{html-safe model.featured_topic.fancy_title}}{{/link-to}}
+                {{#link-to "topic" model.featured_topic.slug model.featured_topic.id}}{{html-safe (replace-emoji model.featured_topic.fancy_title)}}{{/link-to}}
               </h3>
             {{/if}}