diff --git a/add_glyphs.py b/add_glyphs.py
index 7104f458d..dd788ad96 100644
--- a/add_glyphs.py
+++ b/add_glyphs.py
@@ -214,23 +214,26 @@ def get_rtl_seq(seq):
   """Return the rtl variant of the sequence, if it has one, else the empty
   sequence.
   """
-  # Sequences with ZWJ or TAG_END in them will reflect.  Fitzpatrick modifiers
+  # Sequences with ZWJ in them will reflect.  Fitzpatrick modifiers
   # however do not, so if we reflect we make a pass to swap them back into their
   # logical order.
+  # Used to check for TAG_END 0xe007f as well but Android fontchain_lint
+  # dislikes the resulting mangling of flags for England, Scotland, Wales.
 
   ZWJ = 0x200d
-  TAG_END = 0xe007f
   def is_fitzpatrick(cp):
     return 0x1f3fb <= cp <= 0x1f3ff
 
-  if not (ZWJ in seq or TAG_END in seq):
+  if ZWJ not in seq:
     return ()
 
   rev_seq = list(seq)
   rev_seq.reverse()
-  for i in range(len(rev_seq)-1, 0, -1):
+  for i in range(1, len(rev_seq)):
     if is_fitzpatrick(rev_seq[i-1]):
-      rev_seq[i-1], rev_seq[i] = rev_seq[i], rev_seq[i-1]
+      tmp = rev_seq[i]
+      rev_seq[i] = rev_seq[i-1]
+      rev_seq[i-1] = tmp
   return tuple(rev_seq)
 
 
diff --git a/emoji_aliases.txt b/emoji_aliases.txt
index 7e031ac3c..b217c1089 100644
--- a/emoji_aliases.txt
+++ b/emoji_aliases.txt
@@ -13,24 +13,3 @@ fe82b;unknown_flag # no name -> no name
 1f1f2_1f1eb;1f1eb_1f1f7 # MF -> FR
 1f1f8_1f1ef;1f1f3_1f1f4 # SJ -> NO
 1f1fa_1f1f2;1f1fa_1f1f8 # UM -> US
-
-# People holding hands
-# Adds sequence for emoji that also have dedicated Unicode values
-1f468_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468;1f46c
-1f468_1f3fb_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fb;1f46c_1f3fb
-1f468_1f3fc_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fc;1f46c_1f3fc
-1f468_1f3fd_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fd;1f46c_1f3fd
-1f468_1f3fe_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fe;1f46c_1f3fe
-1f468_1f3ff_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3ff;1f46c_1f3ff
-1f469_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468;1f46b
-1f469_1f3fb_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fb;1f46b_1f3fb
-1f469_1f3fc_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fc;1f46b_1f3fc
-1f469_1f3fd_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fd;1f46b_1f3fd
-1f469_1f3fe_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3fe;1f46b_1f3fe
-1f469_1f3ff_200d_1f91d_200d_1f468_1f3ff;1f46b_1f3ff
-1f469_200d_1f91d_200d_1f469;1f46d
-1f469_1f3fb_200d_1f91d_200d_1f469_1f3fb;1f46d_1f3fb
-1f469_1f3fc_200d_1f91d_200d_1f469_1f3fc;1f46d_1f3fc
-1f469_1f3fd_200d_1f91d_200d_1f469_1f3fd;1f46d_1f3fd
-1f469_1f3fe_200d_1f91d_200d_1f469_1f3fe;1f46d_1f3fe
-1f469_1f3ff_200d_1f91d_200d_1f469_1f3ff;1f46d_1f3ff