diff --git a/src/pages/home/report/EmojiPickerMenu/index.js b/src/pages/home/report/EmojiPickerMenu/index.js
index e934517717f36..eda603466dd23 100755
--- a/src/pages/home/report/EmojiPickerMenu/index.js
+++ b/src/pages/home/report/EmojiPickerMenu/index.js
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class EmojiPickerMenu extends Component {
             }
 
             // Move in the prescribed direction until we reach an element that isn't a header
-            const isHeader = e => e.header || e.code === CONST.EMOJI_SPACER;
+            const isHeader = e => e.header || e.spacer;
             do {
                 newIndex += steps;
             } while (isHeader(this.state.filteredEmojis[newIndex]));
@@ -343,9 +343,12 @@ class EmojiPickerMenu extends Component {
             return;
         }
 
-        const newFilteredEmojiList = _.filter(this.emojis, emoji => (
+        // Skip "Frequently Used" emojis to avoid duplicate results.
+        // Frequently used emojis are on the 0th index category. Hence, slice the array from the 1st index category onwards.
+        const uniqueEmojis = _.isEmpty(this.props.frequentlyUsedEmojis) ? this.emojis : this.emojis.slice(this.unfilteredHeaderIndices[1] * this.numColumns);
+        const newFilteredEmojiList = _.filter(uniqueEmojis, emoji => (
             !emoji.header
-            && emoji.code !== CONST.EMOJI_SPACER
+            && !emoji.spacer
             && _.find(emoji.keywords, keyword => keyword.includes(normalizedSearchTerm))
         ));
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/EmojiRegexTest.js b/tests/unit/EmojiRegexTest.js
index 895e6f1acedf5..1d84ed11dea7a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/EmojiRegexTest.js
+++ b/tests/unit/EmojiRegexTest.js
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import _ from 'underscore';
 import Emoji from '../../assets/emojis';
-import CONST from '../../src/CONST';
 import * as EmojiUtils from '../../src/libs/EmojiUtils';
 
 describe('EmojiRegexTest', () => {
     it('matches all the emojis in the list', () => {
         // Given the set of Emojis available in the application
         const emojiMatched = _.every(Emoji, (emoji) => {
-            if (emoji.header === true || emoji.code === CONST.EMOJI_SPACER) {
+            if (emoji.header === true || emoji.spacer) {
                 return true;
             }