diff --git a/package/src/components/Chat/hooks/handleEventToSyncDB.ts b/package/src/components/Chat/hooks/handleEventToSyncDB.ts
index f53357c422..d93bf5715f 100644
--- a/package/src/components/Chat/hooks/handleEventToSyncDB.ts
+++ b/package/src/components/Chat/hooks/handleEventToSyncDB.ts
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ export const handleEventToSyncDB = <
   if (type === 'reaction.updated') {
     const message = event.message;
     if (message && event.reaction) {
-      // We update the entire message to make sure we also update
-      // reaction_counts.
+      // We update the entire message to make sure we also update reaction_groups
       return queriesWithChannelGuard((flushOverride) =>
         updateMessage({
           flush: flushOverride,
diff --git a/package/src/store/QuickSqliteClient.ts b/package/src/store/QuickSqliteClient.ts
index 7eae812dc3..440c96d647 100644
--- a/package/src/store/QuickSqliteClient.ts
+++ b/package/src/store/QuickSqliteClient.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import type { PreparedQueries, Table } from './types';
  *
  */
 export class QuickSqliteClient {
-  static dbVersion = 3;
+  static dbVersion = 4;
 
   static dbName = DB_NAME;
   static dbLocation = DB_LOCATION;
diff --git a/package/src/store/apis/insertReaction.ts b/package/src/store/apis/insertReaction.ts
index 3bf099ada8..f9bee7778f 100644
--- a/package/src/store/apis/insertReaction.ts
+++ b/package/src/store/apis/insertReaction.ts
@@ -21,14 +21,12 @@ export const insertReaction = ({
 
   queries.push(createUpsertQuery('reactions', storableReaction));
 
-  const stringifiedNewReactionCounts = JSON.stringify(message.reaction_counts);
   const stringifiedNewReactionGroups = JSON.stringify(message.reaction_groups);
 
   queries.push(
     createUpdateQuery(
       'messages',
       {
-        reactionCounts: stringifiedNewReactionCounts,
         reactionGroups: stringifiedNewReactionGroups,
       },
       { id: reaction.message_id },
diff --git a/package/src/store/apis/updateReaction.ts b/package/src/store/apis/updateReaction.ts
index e374a0488f..d7a797cce7 100644
--- a/package/src/store/apis/updateReaction.ts
+++ b/package/src/store/apis/updateReaction.ts
@@ -36,23 +36,6 @@ export const updateReaction = ({
 
   let updatedReactionCounts: string | undefined;
 
-  if (message.reaction_counts) {
-    const { reactionCounts } = mapMessageToStorable(message);
-    updatedReactionCounts = reactionCounts;
-
-    queries.push(
-      createUpdateQuery(
-        'messages',
-        {
-          reactionCounts,
-        },
-        {
-          id: message.id,
-        },
-      ),
-    );
-  }
-
   let updatedReactionGroups: string | undefined;
   if (message.reaction_groups) {
     const { reactionGroups } = mapMessageToStorable(message);
diff --git a/package/src/store/mappers/mapMessageToStorable.ts b/package/src/store/mappers/mapMessageToStorable.ts
index 6ee96f3aa3..b38edf0b97 100644
--- a/package/src/store/mappers/mapMessageToStorable.ts
+++ b/package/src/store/mappers/mapMessageToStorable.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ export const mapMessageToStorable = (
     latest_reactions,
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
     own_reactions,
-    reaction_counts,
     reaction_groups,
     text,
     type,
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ export const mapMessageToStorable = (
     deletedAt: mapDateTimeToStorable(deleted_at),
     extraData: JSON.stringify(extraData),
     id,
-    reactionCounts: JSON.stringify(reaction_counts),
     reactionGroups: JSON.stringify(reaction_groups),
     text,
     type,
diff --git a/package/src/store/mappers/mapStorableToMessage.ts b/package/src/store/mappers/mapStorableToMessage.ts
index 846483d7ff..a051cab001 100644
--- a/package/src/store/mappers/mapStorableToMessage.ts
+++ b/package/src/store/mappers/mapStorableToMessage.ts
@@ -19,16 +19,7 @@ export const mapStorableToMessage = <
   messageRow: TableRowJoinedUser<'messages'>;
   reactionRows: TableRowJoinedUser<'reactions'>[];
 }): MessageResponse<StreamChatGenerics> => {
-  const {
-    createdAt,
-    deletedAt,
-    extraData,
-    reactionCounts,
-    reactionGroups,
-    updatedAt,
-    user,
-    ...rest
-  } = messageRow;
+  const { createdAt, deletedAt, extraData, reactionGroups, updatedAt, user, ...rest } = messageRow;
   const latestReactions =
     reactionRows?.map((reaction) => mapStorableToReaction<StreamChatGenerics>(reaction)) || [];
 
@@ -41,7 +32,6 @@ export const mapStorableToMessage = <
     deleted_at: deletedAt,
     latest_reactions: latestReactions,
     own_reactions: ownReactions,
-    reaction_counts: reactionCounts ? JSON.parse(reactionCounts) : {},
     reaction_groups: reactionGroups ? JSON.parse(reactionGroups) : {},
     updated_at: updatedAt,
     user: mapStorableToUser(user),
diff --git a/package/src/store/schema.ts b/package/src/store/schema.ts
index d71e548a38..4b3834d34e 100644
--- a/package/src/store/schema.ts
+++ b/package/src/store/schema.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ export const tables: Tables = {
       deletedAt: 'TEXT',
       extraData: 'TEXT',
       id: 'TEXT',
-      reactionCounts: 'TEXT',
       reactionGroups: 'TEXT',
       text: "TEXT DEFAULT ''",
       type: 'TEXT',
@@ -263,7 +262,6 @@ export type Schema = {
     deletedAt: string;
     extraData: string;
     id: string;
-    reactionCounts: string;
     reactionGroups: string;
     type: MessageLabel;
     updatedAt: string;
diff --git a/package/src/utils/addReactionToLocalState.ts b/package/src/utils/addReactionToLocalState.ts
index ead1a620bd..b3a81dd613 100644
--- a/package/src/utils/addReactionToLocalState.ts
+++ b/package/src/utils/addReactionToLocalState.ts
@@ -49,15 +49,6 @@ export const addReactionToLocalState = <
       message.latest_reactions = [];
     }
     message.latest_reactions = message.latest_reactions.filter((r) => r.user_id !== user.id);
-    if (
-      currentReaction &&
-      message.reaction_counts &&
-      message.reaction_counts[currentReaction.type] &&
-      message.reaction_counts[currentReaction.type] > 0
-    ) {
-      message.reaction_counts[currentReaction.type] =
-        message.reaction_counts[currentReaction.type] - 1;
-    }
 
     if (
       currentReaction &&
@@ -72,14 +63,6 @@ export const addReactionToLocalState = <
         message.reaction_groups[currentReaction.type].sum_scores - 1;
     }
 
-    if (!message.reaction_counts) {
-      message.reaction_counts = {
-        [reactionType]: 1,
-      };
-    } else {
-      message.reaction_counts[reactionType] = (message.reaction_counts?.[reactionType] || 0) + 1;
-    }
-
     if (!message.reaction_groups) {
       message.reaction_groups = {
         [reactionType]: {
@@ -107,14 +90,6 @@ export const addReactionToLocalState = <
       }
     }
   } else {
-    if (!message.reaction_counts) {
-      message.reaction_counts = {
-        [reactionType]: 1,
-      };
-    } else {
-      message.reaction_counts[reactionType] = (message.reaction_counts?.[reactionType] || 0) + 1;
-    }
-
     if (!message.reaction_groups) {
       message.reaction_groups = {
         [reactionType]: {
diff --git a/package/src/utils/removeReactionFromLocalState.ts b/package/src/utils/removeReactionFromLocalState.ts
index cf8ecd6289..12f7f96a99 100644
--- a/package/src/utils/removeReactionFromLocalState.ts
+++ b/package/src/utils/removeReactionFromLocalState.ts
@@ -46,17 +46,6 @@ export const removeReactionFromLocalState = <
     }
   }
 
-  if (message.reaction_counts?.[reactionType]) {
-    if (message.reaction_counts[reactionType] > 0) {
-      message.reaction_counts[reactionType] = message.reaction_counts[reactionType] - 1;
-      if (message.reaction_counts[reactionType] === 0) {
-        delete message.reaction_counts[reactionType];
-      }
-    } else {
-      delete message.reaction_counts[reactionType];
-    }
-  }
-
   deleteReaction({
     messageId,
     reactionType,