diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/emoji.rb b/Library/Homebrew/emoji.rb
index 8c58ca89520b02040846e21443e08220634e93c2..43fa781e6b6119654df755861e03eedf3d1a91f3 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/emoji.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/emoji.rb
@@ -1,17 +1,7 @@
 module Emoji
   class << self
-    def tick
-      # necessary for 1.8.7 unicode handling since many installs are on 1.8.7
-      @tick ||= ["2714".hex].pack("U*")
-    end
-
-    def cross
-      # necessary for 1.8.7 unicode handling since many installs are on 1.8.7
-      @cross ||= ["2718".hex].pack("U*")
-    end
-
     def install_badge
-      ENV["HOMEBREW_INSTALL_BADGE"] || "\xf0\x9f\x8d\xba"
+      ENV["HOMEBREW_INSTALL_BADGE"] || "馃嵑"
     end
 
     def enabled?
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
index 614d50eeae837833b957b9def3f8bd9755bfaf55..70d2787d976250ca959aa167157e29964649dede 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def pretty_installed(f)
   if !$stdout.tty?
     f.to_s
   elsif Emoji.enabled?
-    "#{Tty.bold}#{f} #{Formatter.success(Emoji.tick)}#{Tty.reset}"
+    "#{Tty.bold}#{f} #{Formatter.success("鉁�")}#{Tty.reset}"
   else
     Formatter.success("#{Tty.bold}#{f} (installed)#{Tty.reset}")
   end
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def pretty_uninstalled(f)
   if !$stdout.tty?
     f.to_s
   elsif Emoji.enabled?
-    "#{Tty.bold}#{f} #{Formatter.error(Emoji.cross)}#{Tty.reset}"
+    "#{Tty.bold}#{f} #{Formatter.error("鉁�")}#{Tty.reset}"
   else
     Formatter.error("#{Tty.bold}#{f} (uninstalled)#{Tty.reset}")
   end