diff --git a/modules/email/mu4e/config.el b/modules/email/mu4e/config.el
index a72136b5c..3ff2182ab 100644
--- a/modules/email/mu4e/config.el
+++ b/modules/email/mu4e/config.el
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@
   ;; set mail user agent
   (setq mail-user-agent 'mu4e-user-agent)
 
-  ;; evil masks most mu4e-view-mode key bindings. Switch to Emacs mode for
-  ;; this.
-  (when (featurep! :editor evil)
-    (add-hook 'mu4e-view-mode-hook #'evil-emacs-state))
-
   ;; Use fancy icons
   (setq mu4e-use-fancy-chars t
         mu4e-headers-draft-mark '("D" . "")