diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/markdown_render.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/markdown_render.rs
index c972a87e37..07833ae2dd 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/markdown_render.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/markdown_render.rs
@@ -981,21 +981,6 @@ where
             Self::normalize_row(row, column_count);
         }
 
-        if Self::table_contains_width_unstable_symbols(&header, &rows) {
-            return RenderedTableLines {
-                table_lines: self.render_table_pipe_fallback(
-                    &header,
-                    &rows,
-                    &table_state.alignments,
-                ),
-                table_lines_prewrapped: false,
-                spillover_lines: spillover_rows
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .flat_map(|spillover| spillover.lines)
-                    .collect(),
-            };
-        }
-
         let available_width = self.available_table_width(column_count);
         let widths =
             self.compute_column_widths(&header, &rows, &table_state.alignments, available_width);
@@ -1394,35 +1379,6 @@ where
         wrapped
     }
 
-    fn table_contains_width_unstable_symbols(
-        header: &[TableCell],
-        rows: &[Vec<TableCell>],
-    ) -> bool {
-        header
-            .iter()
-            .any(Self::cell_contains_width_unstable_symbols)
-            || rows
-                .iter()
-                .flatten()
-                .any(Self::cell_contains_width_unstable_symbols)
-    }
-
-    fn cell_contains_width_unstable_symbols(cell: &TableCell) -> bool {
-        cell.lines
-            .iter()
-            .flat_map(|line| line.spans.iter())
-            .flat_map(|span| span.content.chars())
-            .any(Self::is_width_unstable_symbol)
-    }
-
-    /// Symbols that frequently render with platform-dependent width in
-    /// terminals (emoji and variation-selector sequences).
-    fn is_width_unstable_symbol(ch: char) -> bool {
-        matches!(ch, '\u{200D}' | '\u{20E3}' | '\u{FE0E}' | '\u{FE0F}')
-            || ('\u{2600}'..='\u{27BF}').contains(&ch)
-            || ('\u{1F300}'..='\u{1FAFF}').contains(&ch)
-    }
-
     /// Detect rows that are artifacts of pulldown-cmark's lenient table parsing.
     ///
     /// pulldown-cmark accepts body rows without leading pipes, which can absorb a
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/markdown_render_tests.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/markdown_render_tests.rs
index 1987b60946..11a43c5f6b 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/markdown_render_tests.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/markdown_render_tests.rs
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ fn escaped_pipes_render_in_table_cells() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn table_with_emoji_cells_uses_pipe_fallback_for_stable_alignment() {
+fn table_with_emoji_cells_renders_boxed_table() {
     let md = "| Task | State |\n|---|---|\n| Unit tests | ✅ |\n| Release notes | 📝 |\n";
     let text = crate::markdown_render::render_markdown_text_with_width(md, Some(80));
     let lines: Vec<String> = text
@@ -1457,12 +1457,12 @@ fn table_with_emoji_cells_uses_pipe_fallback_for_stable_alignment() {
         .map(|line| line.spans.iter().map(|span| span.content.clone()).collect())
         .collect();
     assert!(
-        lines.first().is_some_and(|line| line.starts_with('|')),
-        "expected pipe-table fallback for emoji content: {lines:?}"
+        lines.iter().any(|line| line.contains('┌')),
+        "expected boxed table for emoji content: {lines:?}"
     );
     assert!(
-        !lines.iter().any(|line| line.contains('┌')),
-        "did not expect box-drawing table for emoji content: {lines:?}"
+        !lines.iter().any(|line| line.starts_with("|:---")),
+        "did not expect pipe-delimiter fallback for emoji content: {lines:?}"
     );
 }