diff --git a/django_mailbox/models.py b/django_mailbox/models.py
index c3bf09b..f24dc4e 100644
--- a/django_mailbox/models.py
+++ b/django_mailbox/models.py
@@ -382,12 +382,10 @@ class Mailbox(models.Model):
         if settings['store_original_message']:
             self._process_save_original_message(message, msg)
         msg.mailbox = self
-        # Fix to accept subject emojis in utf-8
         if 'subject' in message:
             msg.subject = (
-                utils.convert_header_to_unicode(message['subject'].decode('raw-unicode-escape'))[0:255]
+                utils.convert_header_to_unicode(message['subject'])[0:255]
             )
-            msg.subject = unicode(email.header.decode_header(msg.subject)[0][0], errors='ignore')
         if 'message-id' in message:
             msg.message_id = message['message-id'][0:255].strip()
         if 'from' in message: