diff --git a/src/telegram/bot/delivery.ts b/src/telegram/bot/delivery.ts
index 2e3411e7646..bd97d570889 100644
--- a/src/telegram/bot/delivery.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/bot/delivery.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ export async function deliverReplies(params: {
         ...(shouldAttachButtonsToMedia ? { reply_markup: replyMarkup } : {}),
         ...buildTelegramSendParams({
           replyToMessageId,
-          replyQuoteText,
           thread,
         }),
       };
diff --git a/src/telegram/bot/helpers.ts b/src/telegram/bot/helpers.ts
index 47c7578c45a..d9054b2d4af 100644
--- a/src/telegram/bot/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/telegram/bot/helpers.ts
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ export function describeReplyTarget(msg: Message): TelegramReplyTarget | null {
   const externalReply = (msg as Message & { external_reply?: Message }).external_reply;
   const quoteText =
     msg.quote?.text ??
-    (reply as Message & { quote?: { text?: string } } | undefined)?.quote?.text ??
-    (externalReply as Message & { quote?: { text?: string } } | undefined)?.quote?.text;
+    (reply as (Message & { quote?: { text?: string } }) | undefined)?.quote?.text ??
+    (externalReply as (Message & { quote?: { text?: string } }) | undefined)?.quote?.text;
   let body = "";
   let kind: TelegramReplyTarget["kind"] = "reply";