diff --git a/src/components/compose.css b/src/components/compose.css
index 8407966c..5531f85e 100644
--- a/src/components/compose.css
+++ b/src/components/compose.css
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
 
 @media (min-width: 40em) {
   #compose-container textarea {
-    font-size: 150%;
-    font-size: calc(100% + 50% / var(--text-weight));
+    /* font-size: 150%;
+    font-size: calc(100% + 50% / var(--text-weight)); */
     max-height: 65vh;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/compose.jsx b/src/components/compose.jsx
index 73de42c7..e4fcf69c 100644
--- a/src/components/compose.jsx
+++ b/src/components/compose.jsx
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ const Textarea = forwardRef((props, ref) => {
   const [text, setText] = useState(ref.current?.value || '');
   const { maxCharacters, performSearch = () => {}, ...textareaProps } = props;
   const snapStates = useSnapshot(states);
-  const charCount = snapStates.composerCharacterCount;
+  // const charCount = snapStates.composerCharacterCount;
 
   const customEmojis = useRef();
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ const Textarea = forwardRef((props, ref) => {
         style={{
           width: '100%',
           height: '4em',
-          '--text-weight': (1 + charCount / 140).toFixed(1) || 1,
+          // '--text-weight': (1 + charCount / 140).toFixed(1) || 1,
         }}
       />
     </text-expander>