diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-input.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-input.tsx
index a5d5737d0e..c4bf49d72c 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-input.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-input.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import AutosuggestEmoji, { Emoji } from 'soapbox/components/autosuggest-emoji';
 import Icon from 'soapbox/components/icon';
 import { Input } from 'soapbox/components/ui';
 import AutosuggestAccount from 'soapbox/features/compose/components/autosuggest-account';
-import { isRtl } from 'soapbox/rtl';
 import { textAtCursorMatchesToken } from 'soapbox/utils/suggestions';
 
 import type { Menu, MenuItem } from 'soapbox/components/dropdown-menu';
@@ -264,15 +263,8 @@ export default class AutosuggestInput extends ImmutablePureComponent<IAutosugges
   render() {
     const { value, suggestions, disabled, placeholder, onKeyUp, autoFocus, className, id, maxLength, menu, theme } = this.props;
     const { suggestionsHidden } = this.state;
-    const style: React.CSSProperties = { direction: 'ltr' };
-
     const visible = !suggestionsHidden && (!suggestions.isEmpty() || (menu && value));
 
-    // TODO: convert to functional component and use `useLocale()` hook instead of checking placeholder text.
-    if (isRtl(value) || (placeholder && isRtl(placeholder))) {
-      style.direction = 'rtl';
-    }
-
     return [
       <div key='input' className='relative w-full'>
         <label className='sr-only'>{placeholder}</label>
@@ -291,7 +283,6 @@ export default class AutosuggestInput extends ImmutablePureComponent<IAutosugges
           onKeyUp={onKeyUp}
           onFocus={this.onFocus}
           onBlur={this.onBlur}
-          style={style}
           aria-autocomplete='list'
           id={id}
           maxLength={maxLength}
diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-textarea.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-textarea.tsx
index 72f981da82..f4382e7418 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-textarea.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-textarea.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import Textarea from 'react-textarea-autosize';
 import { textAtCursorMatchesToken } from 'soapbox/utils/suggestions';
 
 import AutosuggestAccount from '../features/compose/components/autosuggest-account';
-import { isRtl } from '../rtl';
 
 import AutosuggestEmoji, { Emoji } from './autosuggest-emoji';
 
@@ -227,12 +226,6 @@ class AutosuggestTextarea extends ImmutablePureComponent<IAutosuggesteTextarea>
   render() {
     const { value, suggestions, disabled, placeholder, onKeyUp, autoFocus, children, condensed, id } = this.props;
     const { suggestionsHidden } = this.state;
-    const style = { direction: 'ltr', minRows: 10 };
-
-    // TODO: convert to functional component and use `useLocale()` hook instead of checking placeholder text.
-    if (isRtl(value) || (placeholder && isRtl(placeholder))) {
-      style.direction = 'rtl';
-    }
 
     return [
       <div key='textarea'>
@@ -257,7 +250,6 @@ class AutosuggestTextarea extends ImmutablePureComponent<IAutosuggesteTextarea>
               onFocus={this.onFocus}
               onBlur={this.onBlur}
               onPaste={this.onPaste}
-              style={style as any}
               aria-autocomplete='list'
             />
           </label>