Remove WordPress emojicons

remove-wordpress-emojicons.php

<?php
/**
 * Remove emojicons
 * Add the following to your theme functions.php file.
 * @link http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/185577/disable-emojicons-introduced-with-wp-4-2
 */
function disable_wp_emojicons() {
	remove_action( 'admin_print_styles', 'print_emoji_styles' );
	remove_action( 'wp_head', 'print_emoji_detection_script', 7 );
	remove_action( 'admin_print_scripts', 'print_emoji_detection_script' );
	remove_action( 'wp_print_styles', 'print_emoji_styles' );
	remove_filter( 'wp_mail', 'wp_staticize_emoji_for_email' );
	remove_filter( 'the_content_feed', 'wp_staticize_emoji' );
	remove_filter( 'comment_text_rss', 'wp_staticize_emoji' );
	add_filter( 'tiny_mce_plugins', 'disable_emojicons_tinymce' );
	add_filter( 'emoji_svg_url', '__return_false' );
}
add_action( 'init', 'disable_wp_emojicons' );
function disable_emojicons_tinymce( $plugins ) {
	if ( is_array( $plugins ) ) {
		return array_diff( $plugins, array( 'wpemoji' ) );
	} else {
		return array();
	}
}
?>