diff --git a/files/helpers/patter.py b/files/helpers/patter.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ad8e7ed304..0000000000
--- a/files/helpers/patter.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-import math
-from PIL import Image
-import io
-
-pat_frames = [
-	Image.open("files/assets/images/pat/0.gif").convert("RGBA"),
-	Image.open("files/assets/images/pat/1.gif").convert("RGBA"),
-	Image.open("files/assets/images/pat/2.gif").convert("RGBA"),
-	Image.open("files/assets/images/pat/3.gif").convert("RGBA"),
-	Image.open("files/assets/images/pat/4.gif").convert("RGBA"),
-	Image.open("files/assets/images/pat/5.gif").convert("RGBA"),
-	Image.open("files/assets/images/pat/6.gif").convert("RGBA"),
-	Image.open("files/assets/images/pat/7.gif").convert("RGBA"),
-	Image.open("files/assets/images/pat/8.gif").convert("RGBA"),
-	Image.open("files/assets/images/pat/9.gif").convert("RGBA")
-]
-
-def getPat(avatar_file, format="webp"):
-	avatar_x = 5
-	avatar_y = 5
-	avatar_width = 150
-	avatar_height = 150
-	image_width = 160
-	image_height = 160
-	hand_x = 0
-	hand_y = 0
-	delay = 30
-
-	y_scale = [
-		1,
-		0.95,
-		0.9,
-		0.85,
-		0.8,
-		0.8,
-		0.85,
-		0.9,
-		0.95,
-		1
-	]
-
-	x_scale = [
-		0.80,
-		0.85,
-		0.90,
-		0.95,
-		1,
-		1,
-		0.95,
-		0.90,
-		0.85,
-		0.80
-	]
-
-	frames = []
-	avatar_img = Image.open(avatar_file)
-	for i in range(0, 10):
-		avatar_actual_x = math.ceil((1 - x_scale[i]) * avatar_width / 2 + avatar_x)
-		avatar_actual_y = math.ceil((1 - y_scale[i]) * avatar_height + avatar_y)
-		avatar_actual_width = math.ceil(avatar_width * x_scale[i])
-		avatar_actual_height = math.ceil(avatar_height * y_scale[i])
-
-		scaled_avatar_img = avatar_img.resize((avatar_actual_width, avatar_actual_height))
-		frame = Image.new(mode="RGBA", size=(image_width, image_height))
-		frame.paste(scaled_avatar_img, (avatar_actual_x, avatar_actual_y))
-		frame.paste(pat_frames[i], (hand_x, hand_y), pat_frames[i])
-		frames.append(frame)
-	
-	output = io.BytesIO()
-	frames[0].save(output, format, 
-		save_all = True,
-		append_images = frames[1:],
-		duration = delay,
-		loop = 0
-	)
-	return output
-
-
-def pat(emoji):
-	stream = getPat(open(f'files/assets/images/emojis/{emoji}.webp', "rb"), "webp")
-	stream.seek(0)
-	open(f'files/assets/images/emojis/{emoji}pat.webp', "wb").write(stream.read())
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diff --git a/files/helpers/sanitize.py b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
index d3f27cfa4a..989b6d809f 100644
--- a/files/helpers/sanitize.py
+++ b/files/helpers/sanitize.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from bleach.linkifier import LinkifyFilter, build_url_re
 from functools import partial
 from .get import *
-from .patter import pat
 from os import path, environ
 import re
 from mistletoe import markdown
@@ -112,11 +111,11 @@ def render_emoji(html, regexp, edit, marseys_used=set(), b=False):
 		if emoji.endswith('pat'):
 			if path.isfile(f"files/assets/images/emojis/{emoji.replace('pat','')}.webp"):
 				attrs += ' pat'
-				emoji_html = f'<span class="pat-container" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" alt=":{old}:" title=":{old}:"><img src="/assets/images/pat/hand.webp" class="pat-hand">{emoji_partial.format(old, f"/e/{emoji[:-3]}.webp", attrs)}</span>'
+				emoji_html = f'<span class="pat-container" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" alt=":{old}:" title=":{old}:"><img src="/assets/images/hand.webp" class="pat-hand">{emoji_partial.format(old, f"/e/{emoji[:-3]}.webp", attrs)}</span>'
 			elif emoji.startswith('@'):
 				if u := get_user(emoji[1:-3], graceful=True):
 					attrs += ' pat'
-					emoji_html = f'<span class="pat-container" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" alt=":{old}:" title=":{old}:"><img src="/assets/images/pat/hand.webp" class="pat-hand">{emoji_partial.format(old, f"/pp/{u.id}", attrs)}</span>'
+					emoji_html = f'<span class="pat-container" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" alt=":{old}:" title=":{old}:"><img src="/assets/images/hand.webp" class="pat-hand">{emoji_partial.format(old, f"/pp/{u.id}", attrs)}</span>'
 		elif path.isfile(f'files/assets/images/emojis/{emoji}.webp'):
 			emoji_html = emoji_partial.format(old, f'/e/{emoji}.webp', attrs)