diff --git a/src/components/compose.css b/src/components/compose.css
index 28930557..aa6f818f 100644
--- a/src/components/compose.css
+++ b/src/components/compose.css
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   max-width: 100%;
   height: 4em;
   min-height: 4em;
-  max-height: 10em;
+  max-height: 50vh;
   resize: vertical;
   line-height: 1.4;
 }
diff --git a/src/components/compose.jsx b/src/components/compose.jsx
index 890c4356..4c084cb6 100644
--- a/src/components/compose.jsx
+++ b/src/components/compose.jsx
@@ -1049,7 +1049,6 @@ const Textarea = forwardRef((props, ref) => {
         style={{
           width: '100%',
           height: '4em',
-          maxHeight: `${maxCharacters / 50}em`,
           '--text-weight': (1 + charCount / 140).toFixed(1) || 1,
         }}
       />