diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/Chat.tsx b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/Chat.tsx
index 7ea5b9ee..5b091628 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/Chat.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/Chat.tsx
@@ -30,21 +30,11 @@ export interface ChatProps
  * ```
  * @public
  */
-export function Chat({
-  messageFormatter,
-  messageDecoder,
-  messageEncoder,
-  channelTopic,
-  ...props
-}: ChatProps) {
+export function Chat({ messageFormatter, ...props }: ChatProps) {
   const inputRef = React.useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement>(null)
   const ulRef = React.useRef<HTMLUListElement>(null)
 
-  const chatOptions: ChatOptions = React.useMemo(() => {
-    return { messageDecoder, messageEncoder, channelTopic }
-  }, [messageDecoder, messageEncoder, channelTopic])
-
-  const { send, chatMessages, isSending } = useChat(chatOptions)
+  const { send, chatMessages, isSending } = useChat()
 
   const layoutContext = useMaybeLayoutContext()
   const lastReadMsgAt = React.useRef<ChatMessage['timestamp']>(0)
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/VideoConference.tsx b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/VideoConference.tsx
index 808e687c..71b2b51e 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/VideoConference.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/prefabs/VideoConference.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import type {
-  MessageDecoder,
-  MessageEncoder,
   TrackReferenceOrPlaceholder,
   WidgetState,
 } from '@livekit/components-core'
@@ -55,8 +53,6 @@ const LayoutWrapper = styled(
 export interface VideoConferenceProps
   extends React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement> {
   chatMessageFormatter?: MessageFormatter
-  chatMessageEncoder?: MessageEncoder
-  chatMessageDecoder?: MessageDecoder
   /** @alpha */
   SettingsComponent?: React.ComponentType
 }
@@ -81,8 +77,6 @@ export interface VideoConferenceProps
  */
 export function VideoConference({
   chatMessageFormatter,
-  chatMessageDecoder,
-  chatMessageEncoder,
   ...props
 }: VideoConferenceProps) {
   const [widgetState, setWidgetState] = React.useState<WidgetState>({
@@ -220,8 +214,6 @@ export function VideoConference({
               <Chat
                 style={{ display: widgetState.showChat ? 'grid' : 'none' }}
                 messageFormatter={chatMessageFormatter}
-                messageEncoder={chatMessageEncoder}
-                messageDecoder={chatMessageDecoder}
               />
               {sidePanel && <SidePanel />}
             </LayoutWrapper>