diff --git a/src/courtroom.cpp b/src/courtroom.cpp
index e8b58a4..9d47802 100644
--- a/src/courtroom.cpp
+++ b/src/courtroom.cpp
@@ -3315,9 +3315,6 @@ void Courtroom::chat_tick()
     }
     ui_vp_chat_arrow->transform_mode = ao_app->get_misc_scaling(f_custom_theme);
     ui_vp_chat_arrow->load_image("chat_arrow", f_custom_theme); // Chat stopped being processed, indicate that.
-    additive_previous =
-        additive_previous +
-        filter_ic_text(f_message, true, -1, m_chatmessage[TEXT_COLOR].toInt());
 	  QString f_message_filtered = filter_ic_text(f_message, true, -1, m_chatmessage[TEXT_COLOR].toInt());
     for (int c = 0; c < max_colors; ++c) {
       additive_previous = additive_previous.replace("$c" + QString::number(c), char_color_rgb_list.at(c).name(QColor::HexRgb));