diff --git a/js/modules/types/contact.js b/js/modules/types/contact.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2eda53ead..000000000
--- a/js/modules/types/contact.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-const { omit, compact, map } = require('lodash');
-
-const { toLogFormat } = require('./errors');
-const { SignalService } = require('../../../ts/protobuf');
-
-const DEFAULT_PHONE_TYPE = SignalService.DataMessage.Contact.Phone.Type.HOME;
-
-exports.parseAndWriteAvatar = upgradeAttachment => async (contact, context = {}) => {
-  const { message, logger } = context;
-  const { avatar } = contact;
-
-  // This is to ensure that an omit() call doesn't pull in prototype props/methods
-  const contactShallowCopy = Object.assign({}, contact);
-
-  const contactWithUpdatedAvatar =
-    avatar && avatar.avatar
-      ? Object.assign({}, contactShallowCopy, {
-          avatar: Object.assign({}, avatar, {
-            avatar: await upgradeAttachment(avatar.avatar, context),
-          }),
-        })
-      : omit(contactShallowCopy, ['avatar']);
-
-  // eliminates empty numbers, emails, and addresses; adds type if not provided
-  const parsedContact = parseContact(contactWithUpdatedAvatar);
-
-  const error = exports._validate(parsedContact, {
-    messageId: idForLogging(message),
-  });
-  if (error) {
-    logger.error('Contact.parseAndWriteAvatar: contact was malformed.', toLogFormat(error));
-  }
-
-  return parsedContact;
-};
-
-function parseContact(contact) {
-  const boundParsePhone = phoneNumber => parsePhoneItem(phoneNumber);
-
-  return Object.assign(
-    {},
-    omit(contact, ['avatar', 'number', 'email', 'address']),
-    parseAvatar(contact.avatar),
-    createArrayKey('number', compact(map(contact.number, boundParsePhone)))
-  );
-}
-
-function idForLogging(message) {
-  return `${message.source}.${message.sourceDevice} ${message.sent_at}`;
-}
-
-exports._validate = (contact, options = {}) => {
-  const { messageId } = options;
-  const { name, number, organization } = contact;
-
-  if ((!name || !name.displayName) && !organization) {
-    return new Error(`Message ${messageId}: Contact had neither 'displayName' nor 'organization'`);
-  }
-
-  if (!number || !number.length) {
-    return new Error(`Message ${messageId}: Contact had no included numbers`);
-  }
-
-  return null;
-};
-
-function parsePhoneItem(item) {
-  if (!item.value) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  return Object.assign({}, item, {
-    type: item.type || DEFAULT_PHONE_TYPE,
-    value: item.value,
-  });
-}
-
-function parseAvatar(avatar) {
-  if (!avatar) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  return {
-    avatar: Object.assign({}, avatar, {
-      isProfile: avatar.isProfile || false,
-    }),
-  };
-}
-
-function createArrayKey(key, array) {
-  if (!array || !array.length) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  return {
-    [key]: array,
-  };
-}
diff --git a/js/modules/types/message.js b/js/modules/types/message.js
index d06cc7e89..44968644d 100644
--- a/js/modules/types/message.js
+++ b/js/modules/types/message.js
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ const toVersion5 = exports._withSchemaVersion({
 });
 const toVersion6 = exports._withSchemaVersion({
   schemaVersion: 6,
-  upgrade: exports._mapContact(Contact.parseAndWriteAvatar(Attachment.migrateDataToFileSystem)),
+  upgrade: () => {},
 });
 // IMPORTANT: We’ve updated our definition of `initializeAttachmentMetadata`, so
 // we need to run it again on existing items that have previously been incorrectly
diff --git a/protos/SignalService.proto b/protos/SignalService.proto
index dac96f3ba..b85e6bde3 100644
--- a/protos/SignalService.proto
+++ b/protos/SignalService.proto
@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ message DataMessage {
   }
 
   message OpenGroupInvitation {
-    optional string url = 1;
-    optional string name = 3;
+    // @required
+    required string url = 1;
+    // @required
+    required string name = 3;
   }
 
   message ClosedGroupControlMessage {
diff --git a/ts/models/message.ts b/ts/models/message.ts
index b54081e0b..4d6e9cae9 100644
--- a/ts/models/message.ts
+++ b/ts/models/message.ts
@@ -259,10 +259,6 @@ export class MessageModel extends Backbone.Model<MessageAttributes> {
         window.Whisper.ExpirationTimerOptions.getAbbreviated(expireTimerUpdate.expireTimer || 0)
       );
     }
-    const contacts = this.get('contact');
-    if (contacts && contacts.length) {
-      return window.Signal.Types.Contact.getName(contacts[0]);
-    }
 
     return '';
   }
diff --git a/ts/models/messageType.ts b/ts/models/messageType.ts
index 4f723d051..de6dd7184 100644
--- a/ts/models/messageType.ts
+++ b/ts/models/messageType.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ export interface MessageAttributes {
   group_update?: any;
   groupInvitation?: any;
   attachments?: any;
-  contact?: any;
   conversationId: string;
   errors?: any;
   flags?: number;
diff --git a/ts/receiver/attachments.ts b/ts/receiver/attachments.ts
index 1822c6361..f19c080a9 100644
--- a/ts/receiver/attachments.ts
+++ b/ts/receiver/attachments.ts
@@ -181,42 +181,6 @@ async function processPreviews(message: MessageModel, convo: ConversationModel):
   return addedCount;
 }
 
-async function processAvatars(message: MessageModel, convo: ConversationModel): Promise<number> {
-  let addedCount = 0;
-  const isOpenGroupV2 = convo.isOpenGroupV2();
-
-  const contacts = message.get('contact') || [];
-
-  const contact = await Promise.all(
-    contacts.map(async (item: any, index: any) => {
-      if (!item.avatar || !item.avatar.avatar) {
-        return item;
-      }
-
-      addedCount += 1;
-
-      const avatarJob = await AttachmentDownloads.addJob(item.avatar.avatar, {
-        messaeId: message.id,
-        type: 'contact',
-        index,
-        isOpenGroupV2,
-      });
-
-      return {
-        ...item,
-        avatar: {
-          ...item.avatar,
-          avatar: avatarJob,
-        },
-      };
-    })
-  );
-
-  message.set({ contact });
-
-  return addedCount;
-}
-
 async function processQuoteAttachments(
   message: MessageModel,
   convo: ConversationModel
@@ -292,8 +256,6 @@ export async function queueAttachmentDownloads(
 
   count += await processPreviews(message, conversation);
 
-  count += await processAvatars(message, conversation);
-
   count += await processQuoteAttachments(message, conversation);
 
   // I don 't think we rely on this for anything
diff --git a/ts/receiver/queuedJob.ts b/ts/receiver/queuedJob.ts
index 5941a1ac9..7e2f228cd 100644
--- a/ts/receiver/queuedJob.ts
+++ b/ts/receiver/queuedJob.ts
@@ -331,7 +331,6 @@ async function handleRegularMessage(
     schemaVersion: dataMessage.schemaVersion,
     attachments: dataMessage.attachments,
     body: dataMessage.body,
-    contact: dataMessage.contact,
     conversationId: conversation.id,
     decrypted_at: now,
     errors: [],