diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7339dd70..f225cf9f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- Remove Unicode Emoji support due to many issues on stable Chrome ([#53](https://github.com/marp-team/marpit/pull/53))
+
 ## v0.0.11 - 2018-08-12
 
 - Bugfix: Pass `class` attribute to pseudo section on advanced background ([#48](https://github.com/marp-team/marpit/pull/48))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a09252cf..9e228e9a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
     "rimraf": "^2.6.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "emoji-regex": "^7.0.0",
     "js-yaml": "^3.12.0",
     "lodash.kebabcase": "^4.1.1",
     "markdown-it": "^8.4.2",
diff --git a/src/markdown/unicode_emoji.js b/src/markdown/unicode_emoji.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 731d2e11..00000000
--- a/src/markdown/unicode_emoji.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-/** @module */
-import emojiRegex from 'emoji-regex'
-import Token from 'markdown-it/lib/token'
-
-const regexForSplit = new RegExp(`(${emojiRegex().source})`, 'g')
-const wrap = text =>
-  text
-    .split(/(<[^>]*>)/g)
-    .reduce(
-      (ret, part, idx) =>
-        `${ret}${
-          idx % 2 === 1
-            ? part
-            : part.replace(
-                regexForSplit,
-                ([emoji]) => `<span data-marpit-emoji>${emoji}</span>`
-              )
-        }`,
-      ''
-    )
-
-/**
- * Marpit unicode emoji plugin.
- *
- * Wrap unicode emoji by `<span data-marpit-emoji></span>`
- *
- * @alias module:markdown/unicode_emoji
- * @param {MarkdownIt} md markdown-it instance.
- */
-function unicodeEmoji(md) {
-  md.core.ruler.after('inline', 'marpit_unicode_emoji', ({ tokens }) => {
-    tokens.forEach(token => {
-      if (token.type !== 'inline') return
-
-      token.children = token.children.reduce((arr, t) => {
-        if (t.type !== 'text') return [...arr, t]
-
-        return [
-          ...arr,
-          ...t.content.split(regexForSplit).reduce((splitedArr, text, idx) => {
-            const isText = idx % 2 === 0
-            const textToken = Object.assign(new Token(), {
-              ...t,
-              content: isText ? text : `<span data-marpit-emoji>${text}</span>`,
-              type: isText ? 'text' : 'html_inline',
-            })
-            return text.length === 0 ? splitedArr : [...splitedArr, textToken]
-          }, []),
-        ]
-      }, [])
-    })
-  })
-
-  // We have to override renderer rules to wrap emoji in the code
-  const originalCodeInline = md.renderer.rules.code_inline
-  const originalCodeBlock = md.renderer.rules.code_block
-  const originalFence = md.renderer.rules.fence
-
-  md.renderer.rules.code_inline = (...args) => wrap(originalCodeInline(...args))
-  md.renderer.rules.code_block = (...args) => wrap(originalCodeBlock(...args))
-  md.renderer.rules.fence = (...args) => wrap(originalFence(...args))
-}
-
-export default unicodeEmoji
diff --git a/src/marpit.js b/src/marpit.js
index 6a3a35d5..f3ea0c3c 100644
--- a/src/marpit.js
+++ b/src/marpit.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import marpitSlideContainer from './markdown/slide_container'
 import marpitStyleAssign from './markdown/style/assign'
 import marpitStyleParse from './markdown/style/parse'
 import marpitSweep from './markdown/sweep'
-import marpitUnicodeEmoji from './markdown/unicode_emoji'
 
 const defaultOptions = {
   backgroundSyntax: true,
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ class Marpit {
       .use(marpitSlideContainer, this.slideContainers)
       .use(marpitContainerPlugin, this.containers)
       .use(marpitParseImage, { filters })
-      .use(marpitUnicodeEmoji)
       .use(marpitSweep)
       .use(marpitInlineSVG, this)
       .use(marpitStyleAssign, this)
diff --git a/src/postcss/printable.js b/src/postcss/printable.js
index 9e799c41..9006b945 100644
--- a/src/postcss/printable.js
+++ b/src/postcss/printable.js
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ const plugin = postcss.plugin('marpit-postcss-printable', opts => css =>
     height: 100vh;
     width: 100vw;
   }
-
-  [data-marpit-emoji] {
-    filter: invert(0);
-  }
 }
 `.trim()
   )
diff --git a/src/theme/scaffold.js b/src/theme/scaffold.js
index b8637fa7..2e380cfb 100644
--- a/src/theme/scaffold.js
+++ b/src/theme/scaffold.js
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
 /** @module */
 import Theme from '../theme'
 
-const emojiFonts = [
-  'Apple Color Emoji',
-  'Segoe UI Emoji',
-  'Noto Color Emoji',
-  'Segoe UI Symbol',
-  'Android Emoji',
-  'Twitter Color Emoji',
-  'EmojiOne Color',
-  'Symbola',
-  'EmojiSymbols',
-]
-
 const css = `
 section {
   width: 1280px;
@@ -38,10 +26,6 @@ section:not([data-marpit-pagination])::after {
   display: none;
 }
 
-[data-marpit-emoji] {
-  font-family: ${emojiFonts.map(f => `'${f}'`).join(',')};
-}
-
 /* Normalization */
 h1 {
   font-size: 2em;
@@ -54,7 +38,6 @@ h1 {
  *
  * - Define the default slide size.
  * - Set default style for `<section>`.
- * - Set unicode emoji style for using system emoji fonts.
  * - Normalize `<h1>` heading style.
  *
  * @alias module:theme/scaffold
diff --git a/test/markdown/unicode_emoji.js b/test/markdown/unicode_emoji.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 439569c2..00000000
--- a/test/markdown/unicode_emoji.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
-import unicodeEmoji from '../../src/markdown/unicode_emoji'
-
-describe('Marpit unicode emoji plugin', () => {
-  const md = () => new MarkdownIt('commonmark').use(unicodeEmoji)
-
-  it('wraps each emoji by span tag with data attribute', () => {
-    // Simple emoji
-    expect(md().renderInline('😃')).toBe('<span data-marpit-emoji>😃</span>')
-
-    // Multiple emojis
-    expect(md().renderInline('👍+👎')).toBe(
-      '<span data-marpit-emoji>👍</span>+<span data-marpit-emoji>👎</span>'
-    )
-
-    // Ligatures
-    const ligatures = {
-      '👨\u{1f3fb}': '👨🏻', // Skin tone
-      '👩\u{1f3fc}': '👩🏼',
-      '👦\u{1f3fd}': '👦🏽',
-      '👧\u{1f3fe}': '👧🏾',
-      '👶\u{1f3ff}': '👶🏿',
-      '👨\u{200d}👩\u{200d}👦': '👨‍👩‍👦', // Family ligature
-      '👨\u{200d}👩\u{200d}👧': '👨‍👩‍👧',
-    }
-    Object.keys(ligatures).forEach(markdown => {
-      const out = md().renderInline(markdown)
-      expect(out).toBe(`<span data-marpit-emoji>${ligatures[markdown]}</span>`)
-    })
-
-    // Unicode 11
-    expect(md().renderInline('\u{1f9f6}')).toBe(
-      '<span data-marpit-emoji>\u{1f9f6}</span>'
-    )
-  })
-
-  it('wraps emoji in inline code ', () => {
-    const out = md().renderInline('`emoji 👌`')
-    expect(out).toBe('<code>emoji <span data-marpit-emoji>👌</span></code>')
-  })
-
-  it('wraps emoji in code block', () => {
-    const fenced = md().render('```\nemoji 👌\n```')
-    const indented = md().render('\temoji 👌')
-    const expectedStart = '<pre><code>emoji <span data-marpit-emoji>👌</span>'
-
-    expect(fenced.startsWith(expectedStart)).toBe(true)
-    expect(indented.startsWith(expectedStart)).toBe(true)
-
-    // Prevent wrapping in attributes
-    const langFence = md().render('```<😃>\n👍\n```')
-    expect(
-      langFence.startsWith(
-        '<pre><code class="language-&lt;😃&gt;"><span data-marpit-emoji>👍</span>'
-      )
-    ).toBe(true)
-  })
-
-  it('follows variation sequence', () => {
-    // Numbers
-    expect(md().renderInline('1 2\u{fe0e} 3\u{fe0f}')).toBe(
-      '1 2\u{fe0e} <span data-marpit-emoji>3\u{fe0f}</span>'
-    )
-
-    // Right arrow
-    expect(md().renderInline('➡ ➡\u{fe0e} ➡\u{fe0f}')).toBe(
-      '➡ ➡\u{fe0e} <span data-marpit-emoji>➡\u{fe0f}</span>'
-    )
-  })
-})
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3f3786d7..061b41c8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1352,10 +1352,6 @@ electron-to-chromium@^1.3.47:
   version "1.3.55"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-to-chromium/-/electron-to-chromium-1.3.55.tgz#f150e10b20b77d9d41afcca312efe0c3b1a7fdce"
 
-emoji-regex@^7.0.0:
-  version "7.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/emoji-regex/-/emoji-regex-7.0.0.tgz#7c25d9bb46480f9a5a80ab6a2a12935bdde6cb6c"
-
 entities@^1.1.1, entities@~1.1.1:
   version "1.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/entities/-/entities-1.1.1.tgz#6e5c2d0a5621b5dadaecef80b90edfb5cd7772f0"