diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
index 8ecece43135..54d874d785e 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
@@ -1211,7 +1211,6 @@ export class UnwrappedEventTile extends React.Component<EventTileProps, IState>
                         "ref": this.ref,
                         "className": classes,
                         "aria-live": ariaLive,
-                        "aria-label": this.props.mxEvent.sender.name + ". " + this.props.mxEvent.event.content.body,
                         "aria-atomic": true,
                         "data-scroll-tokens": scrollToken,
                         "data-has-reply": !!replyChain,
@@ -1397,7 +1396,6 @@ export class UnwrappedEventTile extends React.Component<EventTileProps, IState>
                         "className": classes,
                         "tabIndex": -1,
                         "aria-live": ariaLive,
-                        "aria-label": this.props.mxEvent.sender.name + ". " + this.props.mxEvent.event.content.body,
                         "aria-atomic": "true",
                         "data-scroll-tokens": scrollToken,
                         "data-layout": this.props.layout,
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/SendMessageComposer.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/SendMessageComposer.tsx
index ce539e7f871..69aaa6e5386 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/SendMessageComposer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/SendMessageComposer.tsx
@@ -308,16 +308,6 @@ export class SendMessageComposer extends React.Component<ISendMessageComposerPro
             return;
         }
         const replyingToThread = this.props.relation?.key === THREAD_RELATION_TYPE.name;
-        const navAction = getKeyBindingsManager().getNavigationAction(event);
-        switch (navAction) {
-            case KeyBindingAction.SelectPrevMessage:
-                (
-                    document.querySelector(".mx_EventTile_selected") || document.querySelector(".mx_EventTile_last")
-                )?.focus();
-                event.preventDefault();
-                event.stopPropagation();
-                return;
-        }
 
         const action = getKeyBindingsManager().getMessageComposerAction(event);
         switch (action) {