diff --git a/web/chat/reaction-message-utils.js b/web/chat/reaction-message-utils.js
--- a/web/chat/reaction-message-utils.js
+++ b/web/chat/reaction-message-utils.js
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
 import Alert from '../modals/alert.react';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils';
 
-function useOnClickReact(
+function useOnClickReact(): (
   messageID: ?string,
   localID: string,
   threadID: string,
   reaction: string,
   action: 'add_reaction' | 'remove_reaction',
-): (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLElement>) => mixed {
+) => mixed {
   const { pushModal } = useModalContext();
 
   const viewerID = useSelector(
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
 
   return React.useCallback(
-    (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
-      event.preventDefault();
-
+    (messageID, localID, threadID, reaction, action) => {
       if (!messageID) {
         return;
       }
@@ -93,17 +91,7 @@
         startingPayload,
       );
     },
-    [
-      messageID,
-      threadID,
-      localID,
-      viewerID,
-      reaction,
-      action,
-      dispatchActionPromise,
-      callSendReactionMessage,
-      pushModal,
-    ],
+    [viewerID, dispatchActionPromise, callSendReactionMessage, pushModal],
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/web/utils/tooltip-utils.js b/web/utils/tooltip-utils.js
--- a/web/utils/tooltip-utils.js
+++ b/web/utils/tooltip-utils.js
@@ -466,12 +466,18 @@
   const viewerReacted = !!reactions.get(reactionInput)?.viewerReacted;
   const action = viewerReacted ? 'remove_reaction' : 'add_reaction';
 
-  const onClickReact = useOnClickReact(
-    messageInfo.id,
-    localID,
-    threadInfo.id,
-    reactionInput,
-    action,
+  const onClickReact = useOnClickReact();
+
+  const onClick = React.useCallback(
+    () =>
+      onClickReact(
+        messageInfo.id,
+        localID,
+        threadInfo.id,
+        reactionInput,
+        action,
+      ),
+    [action, localID, messageInfo.id, onClickReact, threadInfo.id],
   );
 
   const canCreateReactionFromMessage = useCanCreateReactionFromMessage(
@@ -490,10 +496,10 @@
 
     return {
       actionButtonContent: buttonContent,
-      onClick: onClickReact,
+      onClick,
       label: viewerReacted ? 'Unlike' : 'Like',
     };
-  }, [canCreateReactionFromMessage, onClickReact, viewerReacted]);
+  }, [canCreateReactionFromMessage, onClick, viewerReacted]);
 }
 
 function useMessageTooltipActions(