diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/longmessage/LongMessageActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/longmessage/LongMessageActivity.java
index 03af13d6b2..e5430fa78c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/longmessage/LongMessageActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/longmessage/LongMessageActivity.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ public class LongMessageActivity extends PassphraseRequiredActionBarActivity {
   private static final int MAX_DISPLAY_LENGTH = 64 * 1024;
 
   private TextView textBody;
-  private ConversationItemFooter footerText;
 
   private LongMessageViewModel viewModel;
 
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ public class LongMessageActivity extends PassphraseRequiredActionBarActivity {
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState, ready);
     setContentView(R.layout.longmessage_activity);
     textBody = findViewById(R.id.longmessage_text);
-    footerText = findViewById(R.id.longmessage_footer);
 
     initViewModel(getIntent().getLongExtra(KEY_MESSAGE_ID, -1), getIntent().getBooleanExtra(KEY_IS_MMS, false));
   }
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ public class LongMessageActivity extends PassphraseRequiredActionBarActivity {
       SpannableString styledBody  = linkifyMessageBody(new SpannableString(trimmedBody));
 
       textBody.setText(styledBody);
-      footerText.setMessageRecord(message.get().getMessageRecord(), Locale.getDefault());
+      textBody.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/longmessage_activity.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/longmessage_activity.xml
index 382b0c6bcf..ed933b2355 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/longmessage_activity.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/longmessage_activity.xml
@@ -11,15 +11,11 @@
         android:padding="16dp">
 
         <TextView
+            android:textSize="@dimen/text_size"
             android:id="@+id/longmessage_text"
             android:layout_width="match_parent"
             android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
 
-        <org.thoughtcrime.securesms.components.ConversationItemFooter
-            android:id="@+id/longmessage_footer"
-            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
-
     </LinearLayout>
 
 </ScrollView>
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