diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
index 44420d9efc..1379560d55 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
@@ -666,6 +666,8 @@ export class UnwrappedEventTile extends React.Component<EventTileProps, IState>
         if (this.context.timelineRenderingType === TimelineRenderingType.Notification) return false;
         if (this.context.timelineRenderingType === TimelineRenderingType.ThreadsList) return false;
 
+        if (this.props.isRedacted) return false;
+
         const cli = MatrixClientPeg.safeGet();
         const actions = cli.getPushActionsForEvent(this.props.mxEvent.replacingEvent() || this.props.mxEvent);
         // get the actions for the previous version of the event too if it is an edit
diff --git a/test/unit-tests/components/views/rooms/EventTile-test.tsx b/test/unit-tests/components/views/rooms/EventTile-test.tsx
index dee79cc8d1..6a04055b33 100644
--- a/test/unit-tests/components/views/rooms/EventTile-test.tsx
+++ b/test/unit-tests/components/views/rooms/EventTile-test.tsx
@@ -503,14 +503,24 @@ describe("EventTile", () => {
             expect(isHighlighted(container)).toBeFalsy();
         });
 
-        it(`does not highlight when message's push actions does not have a highlight tweak`, () => {
+        it("does not highlight when message's push actions does not have a highlight tweak", () => {
             mocked(client.getPushActionsForEvent).mockReturnValue({ notify: true, tweaks: {} });
             const { container } = getComponent();
 
             expect(isHighlighted(container)).toBeFalsy();
         });
 
-        it(`highlights when message's push actions have a highlight tweak`, () => {
+        it("does not highlight when message's push actions have a highlight tweak but message has been redacted", () => {
+            mocked(client.getPushActionsForEvent).mockReturnValue({
+                notify: true,
+                tweaks: { [TweakName.Highlight]: true },
+            });
+            const { container } = getComponent({ isRedacted: true });
+
+            expect(isHighlighted(container)).toBeFalsy();
+        });
+
+        it("highlights when message's push actions have a highlight tweak", () => {
             mocked(client.getPushActionsForEvent).mockReturnValue({
                 notify: true,
                 tweaks: { [TweakName.Highlight]: true },