diff --git a/src/providers/bttv/bttvemotes.cpp b/src/providers/bttv/bttvemotes.cpp
index 4ccdda731..86407d175 100644
--- a/src/providers/bttv/bttvemotes.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/bttv/bttvemotes.cpp
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ QString getEmoteLink(QString urlTemplate, const QString &id, const QString &emot
 
 }  // namespace
 
-util::EmoteMap &BTTVEmotes::getBTTVChannelEmoteFromCaches()
-{
-    return _bttvChannelEmoteFromCaches;
-}
-
 void BTTVEmotes::loadGlobalEmotes()
 {
     QString url("https://api.betterttv.net/2/emotes");
@@ -91,7 +86,7 @@ void BTTVEmotes::loadChannelEmotes(const QString &channelName, std::weak_ptr<uti
             QString code = emoteObject.value("code").toString();
             // emoteObject.value("imageType").toString();
 
-            auto emote = this->getBTTVChannelEmoteFromCaches().getOrAdd(id, [&] {
+            auto emote = this->channelEmoteCache.getOrAdd(id, [&] {
                 util::EmoteData emoteData;
                 QString link = linkTemplate;
                 link.detach();
diff --git a/src/providers/bttv/bttvemotes.hpp b/src/providers/bttv/bttvemotes.hpp
index edef6a5e2..72daf4461 100644
--- a/src/providers/bttv/bttvemotes.hpp
+++ b/src/providers/bttv/bttvemotes.hpp
@@ -19,15 +19,12 @@ public:
     util::EmoteMap channelEmotes;
     std::map<std::string, SignalVector<std::string>> channelEmoteCodes;
 
-    util::EmoteMap &getBTTVChannelEmoteFromCaches();
-
     void loadGlobalEmotes();
     void loadChannelEmotes(const QString &channelName,
                            std::weak_ptr<util::EmoteMap> channelEmoteMap);
 
-    util::ConcurrentMap<QString, util::EmoteMap> channels;
-
-    util::EmoteMap _bttvChannelEmoteFromCaches;
+private:
+    util::EmoteMap channelEmoteCache;
 };
 
 }  // namespace bttv