diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/services/dapps/WalletConnectService.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/services/dapps/WalletConnectService.qml
index 31029cdc95..259be4fb92 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/services/dapps/WalletConnectService.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/services/dapps/WalletConnectService.qml
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ QObject {
     readonly property var flatNetworks: root.walletRootStore.filteredFlatModel
 
     function validatePairingUri(uri) {
-        if(Helpers.containsOnlyEmoji(uri)) {
+        // Check if emoji inside the URI
+        if(Constants.regularExpressions.emoji.test(uri)) {
             root.pairingValidated(Pairing.errors.tooCool)
             return
         } else if(!Helpers.validURI(uri)) {
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/services/dapps/helpers.js b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/services/dapps/helpers.js
index bdb62aa661..85b2fbc930 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/services/dapps/helpers.js
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Wallet/services/dapps/helpers.js
@@ -69,18 +69,13 @@ function buildSupportedNamespaces(chainIds, addresses, methods) {
 }
 
 function validURI(uri) {
-    var regex = /^wc:[0-9a-fA-F-]*@([1-9][0-9]*)(\?([a-zA-Z-]+=[^&]+)(&[a-zA-Z-]+=[^&]+)*)?$/
+    const regex = /^wc:[0-9a-fA-F-]*@([1-9][0-9]*)(\?([a-zA-Z-]+=[^&]+)(&[a-zA-Z-]+=[^&]+)*)?$/
     return regex.test(uri)
 }
 
-function containsOnlyEmoji(uri) {
-    var emojiRegex = new RegExp("[\\u203C-\\u3299\\u1F000-\\u1F644]");
-    return !emojiRegex.test(uri);
-}
-
 function extractInfoFromPairUri(uri) {
-    var topic = ""
-    var expiry = NaN
+    let topic = ""
+    let expiry = NaN
     // Extract topic and expiry from wc:99fdcac5cc081ac8c1181b4c38c5dc49fb5eb212706d5c94c445be549765e7f0@2?expiryTimestamp=1720090818&relay-protocol=irn&symKey=c6b67d94174bd42d16ff288220ce9b8966e5b56a2d3570a30d5b0a760f1953f0
     const regex = /wc:([0-9a-fA-F]*)/
     const match = uri.match(regex)
@@ -88,11 +83,11 @@ function extractInfoFromPairUri(uri) {
         topic = match[1]
     }
 
-    var parts = uri.split('?')
+    let parts = uri.split('?')
     if (parts.length > 1) {
-        var params = parts[1].split('&')
+        const params = parts[1].split('&')
         for (let i = 0; i < params.length; i++) {
-            var keyVal = params[i].split('=')
+            const keyVal = params[i].split('=')
             if (keyVal[0] === 'expiryTimestamp') {
                 expiry = parseInt(keyVal[1])
             }