diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest_emoji.js b/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest_emoji.js
index 2f4936f92..841bdc8b8 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest_emoji.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest_emoji.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import unicodeMapping from '../features/emoji/emoji_unicode_mapping_light';
-
-const assetHost = process.env.CDN_HOST || '';
+import { join } from 'path';
+import { FE_BASE_PATH } from 'soapbox/build_config';
 
 export default class AutosuggestEmoji extends React.PureComponent {
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default class AutosuggestEmoji extends React.PureComponent {
         return null;
       }
 
-      url = `${assetHost}/emoji/${mapping.filename}.svg`;
+      url = join(FE_BASE_PATH, 'emoji', `${mapping.filename}.svg`);
     }
 
     return (
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/compose/components/emoji_picker_dropdown.js b/app/soapbox/features/compose/components/emoji_picker_dropdown.js
index 04fb5c6ce..e6781e6ad 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/compose/components/emoji_picker_dropdown.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/compose/components/emoji_picker_dropdown.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import classNames from 'classnames';
 import ImmutablePropTypes from 'react-immutable-proptypes';
 import { supportsPassiveEvents } from 'detect-passive-events';
 import { buildCustomEmojis } from '../../emoji/emoji';
+import { join } from 'path';
+import { FE_BASE_PATH } from 'soapbox/build_config';
 
 const messages = defineMessages({
   emoji: { id: 'emoji_button.label', defaultMessage: 'Insert emoji' },
@@ -25,10 +27,9 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
   flags: { id: 'emoji_button.flags', defaultMessage: 'Flags' },
 });
 
-const assetHost = process.env.CDN_HOST || '';
 let EmojiPicker, Emoji; // load asynchronously
 
-const backgroundImageFn = () => `${assetHost}/emoji/sheet_13.png`;
+const backgroundImageFn = () => join(FE_BASE_PATH, 'emoji', 'sheet_13.png');
 const listenerOptions = supportsPassiveEvents ? { passive: true } : false;
 
 const categoriesSort = [
@@ -358,7 +359,7 @@ class EmojiPickerDropdown extends React.PureComponent {
           <img
             className={classNames('emojione', { 'pulse-loading': active && loading })}
             alt='🙂'
-            src={`${assetHost}/emoji/1f602.svg`}
+            src={join(FE_BASE_PATH, 'emoji', '1f602.svg')}
           />
         </div>
 
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/emoji/emoji.js b/app/soapbox/features/emoji/emoji.js
index da23bc99f..9d58b682d 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/emoji/emoji.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/emoji/emoji.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import unicodeMapping from './emoji_unicode_mapping_light';
 import Trie from 'substring-trie';
+import { join } from 'path';
+import { FE_BASE_PATH } from 'soapbox/build_config';
 
 const trie = new Trie(Object.keys(unicodeMapping));
 
-const assetHost = process.env.CDN_HOST || '';
-
 const emojify = (str, customEmojis = {}, autoplay = false) => {
   const tagCharsWithoutEmojis = '<&';
   const tagCharsWithEmojis = Object.keys(customEmojis).length ? '<&:' : '<&';
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const emojify = (str, customEmojis = {}, autoplay = false) => {
     } else { // matched to unicode emoji
       const { filename, shortCode } = unicodeMapping[match];
       const title = shortCode ? `:${shortCode}:` : '';
-      replacement = `<img draggable="false" class="emojione" alt="${match}" title="${title}" src="${assetHost}/emoji/${filename}.svg" />`;
+      replacement = `<img draggable="false" class="emojione" alt="${match}" title="${title}" src="${join(FE_BASE_PATH, 'emoji', `${filename}.svg`)}" />`;
       rend = i + match.length;
       // If the matched character was followed by VS15 (for selecting text presentation), skip it.
       if (str.codePointAt(rend) === 65038) {