diff --git a/web/chat/inline-engagement.react.js b/web/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
index ac8d85639..9b709ea34 100644
--- a/web/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
+++ b/web/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
@@ -1,120 +1,117 @@
 // @flow
 
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { useModalContext } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react.js';
 import type { ReactionInfo } from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
 import { getInlineEngagementSidebarText } from 'lib/shared/inline-engagement-utils.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 
 import css from './inline-engagement.css';
 import CommIcon from '../CommIcon.react.js';
 import MessageReactionsModal from '../modals/chat/message-reactions-modal.react.js';
 import { useOnClickThread } from '../selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 
 type Props = {
   +sidebarThreadInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
-  +reactions?: ReactionInfo,
+  +reactions: ReactionInfo,
   +positioning: 'left' | 'center' | 'right',
   +label?: ?string,
 };
 function InlineEngagement(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { sidebarThreadInfo, reactions, positioning, label } = props;
   const { pushModal, popModal } = useModalContext();
 
   const isLeft = positioning === 'left';
 
   const labelClasses = classNames({
     [css.messageLabel]: true,
     [css.messageLabelLeft]: isLeft,
     [css.messageLabelRight]: !isLeft,
   });
   const editedLabel = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!label) {
       return null;
     }
     return (
       <div className={labelClasses}>
         <span>{label}</span>
       </div>
     );
   }, [label, labelClasses]);
 
   const onClickSidebarInner = useOnClickThread(sidebarThreadInfo);
 
   const onClickSidebar = React.useCallback(
     (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
       popModal();
       onClickSidebarInner(event);
     },
     [popModal, onClickSidebarInner],
   );
 
   const repliesText = getInlineEngagementSidebarText(sidebarThreadInfo);
 
   const sidebarItem = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!sidebarThreadInfo || !repliesText) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return (
       <a onClick={onClickSidebar} className={css.sidebarContainer}>
         <CommIcon size={14} icon="sidebar-filled" />
         {repliesText}
       </a>
     );
   }, [sidebarThreadInfo, repliesText, onClickSidebar]);
 
   const onClickReaction = React.useCallback(
     (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
       event.preventDefault();
-      if (!reactions) {
-        return;
-      }
       pushModal(
         <MessageReactionsModal onClose={popModal} reactions={reactions} />,
       );
     },
     [popModal, pushModal, reactions],
   );
 
   const reactionsList = React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (!reactions || Object.keys(reactions).length === 0) {
+    if (Object.keys(reactions).length === 0) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return Object.keys(reactions).map(reaction => {
       const numOfReacts = reactions[reaction].users.length;
 
       return (
         <a
           onClick={onClickReaction}
           className={css.reactionContainer}
           key={reaction}
         >
           {`${reaction} ${numOfReacts}`}
         </a>
       );
     });
   }, [reactions, onClickReaction]);
 
   const containerClasses = classNames([
     css.inlineEngagementContainer,
     {
       [css.leftContainer]: positioning === 'left',
       [css.centerContainer]: positioning === 'center',
       [css.rightContainer]: positioning === 'right',
     },
   ]);
 
   return (
     <div className={containerClasses}>
       {editedLabel}
       {sidebarItem}
       {reactionsList}
     </div>
   );
 }
 
 export default InlineEngagement;