diff --git a/build/emoji.js b/build/emoji.js
index 10610c57a..22e966ccc 100644
--- a/build/emoji.js
+++ b/build/emoji.js
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ function writeEmojiJS(emojiData) {
   const emojiJS =
     fs.existsSync(filePaths.emojiJS) &&
     fs.readFileSync(filePaths.emojiJS, 'utf8');
-  const newEmojiJS = `export default ${JSON.stringify(emojiData, {}, 2)}`;
+  const newEmojiJS = `export const emojifyData = ${JSON.stringify(
+    emojiData,
+    {},
+    2
+  )}`;
 
   if (!emojiJS || emojiJS !== newEmojiJS) {
     fs.writeFileSync(filePaths.emojiJS, newEmojiJS);
diff --git a/src/core/render/emojify-data.js b/src/core/render/emojify-data.js
index 22b23cab6..eb7410f44 100644
--- a/src/core/render/emojify-data.js
+++ b/src/core/render/emojify-data.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export default {
+export const emojifyData = {
   baseURL: 'https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/',
   data: {
     100: 'unicode/1f4af.png?v8',
diff --git a/src/core/render/emojify.js b/src/core/render/emojify.js
index f5e619d30..3f4401035 100644
--- a/src/core/render/emojify.js
+++ b/src/core/render/emojify.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import emojiData from './emojify-data.js';
+import { emojifyData } from './emojify-data.js';
 
 function replaceEmojiShorthand(m, $1, useNativeEmoji) {
-  const emojiMatch = emojiData.data[$1];
+  const emojiMatch = emojifyData.data[$1];
 
   let result = m;
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function replaceEmojiShorthand(m, $1, useNativeEmoji) {
         .concat('︎');
       result = `<span class="emoji">${emojiUnicode}</span>`;
     } else {
-      result = `<img src="${emojiData.baseURL}${emojiMatch}.png" alt="${$1}" class="emoji" loading="lazy">`;
+      result = `<img src="${emojifyData.baseURL}${emojiMatch}.png" alt="${$1}" class="emoji" loading="lazy">`;
     }
   }