diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/kakaotalk/chatlog/ShowDeletedMessagePatch.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/kakaotalk/chatlog/ShowDeletedMessagePatch.kt
index e28b2ce37..b06de1256 100644
--- a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/kakaotalk/chatlog/ShowDeletedMessagePatch.kt
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/kakaotalk/chatlog/ShowDeletedMessagePatch.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.Opcode
 val showDeletedMessagePatch = bytecodePatch(
     name = "Show deleted messages",
     description = "Allows you to see deleted messages in chat logs.",
+    use = false // FIXME: We haven't solved the problem of duplicate prefixes for deleted messages yet, as it was becoming an eyesore, so we temporarily disabled it.
 ) {
     compatibleWith("com.kakao.talk"("25.5.1"))