diff --git a/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/String.swift b/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/String.swift
index a6cd5ac7a..86dc891df 100644
--- a/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/String.swift
+++ b/ElementX/Sources/Other/Extensions/String.swift
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ extension String {
         guard !isASCII else {
             return self
         }
-        guard !canBeConverted(to: .ascii) else {
-            return nil
-        }
         let mutableString = NSMutableString(string: self)
         guard CFStringTransform(mutableString, nil, "Any-Latin; Latin-ASCII; [:^ASCII:] Remove" as CFString, false) else {
             return nil
diff --git a/UnitTests/Sources/StringTests.swift b/UnitTests/Sources/StringTests.swift
index 5ef0310c7..c09e9ddf6 100644
--- a/UnitTests/Sources/StringTests.swift
+++ b/UnitTests/Sources/StringTests.swift
@@ -29,25 +29,24 @@ class StringTests: XCTestCase {
     func testJ🅾️hnnyIsNotAscii() {
         XCTAssertFalse("j🅾️hnny".isASCII)
     }
-
-    func testAsciiStaysAscii() {
+    
+    func testAsciifiedMethod() {
+        // ASCII strings return themselves unchanged
         XCTAssertEqual("johnny".asciified(), "johnny")
-    }
-    
-    func testÖBecomesO() {
-        XCTAssertEqual("jöhnny".asciified(), "johnny")
-    }
-    
-    func testÅBecomesA() {
-        XCTAssertEqual("jåhnny".asciified(), "jahnny")
-    }
-    
-    func test1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣Becomes123() {
-        XCTAssertEqual("1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣".asciified(), "123")
-    }
-    
-    func testStripsTheHeartbreakHotel() {
-        XCTAssertEqual("Heartbreak Hotel 🏩".asciified(), "Heartbreak Hotel")
+        XCTAssertEqual("hello".asciified(), "hello")
+        XCTAssertEqual("abc123".asciified(), "abc123")
+        XCTAssertEqual("".asciified(), "")
+        XCTAssertEqual(" ".asciified(), " ")
+        
+        // Non-ASCII strings get converted or stripped
+        XCTAssertEqual("jöhnny".asciified(), "johnny", "ö should become o")
+        XCTAssertEqual("jåhnny".asciified(), "jahnny", "å should become a")
+        XCTAssertEqual("café".asciified(), "cafe")
+        XCTAssertEqual("naïve".asciified(), "naive")
+        XCTAssertEqual("résumé".asciified(), "resume")
+        XCTAssertEqual("🚀".asciified(), "")
+        XCTAssertEqual("Heartbreak Hotel 🏩".asciified(), "Heartbreak Hotel", "The emoji should be stripped.")
+        XCTAssertEqual("1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣".asciified(), "123", "The emoji should be converted to ASCII.")
     }
 
     func testGenerateBreakableWhitespaceEnd() {