diff --git a/src/lib/strings/hashtags.ts b/src/lib/strings/hashtags.ts
index 1969718b88..3613256b13 100644
--- a/src/lib/strings/hashtags.ts
+++ b/src/lib/strings/hashtags.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-export const TAG_REGEX =
-  /(?:^|\s)(#[\p{L}\p{Emoji_Presentation}\p{Emoji_Modifier_Base}\p{Extended_Pictographic}]{1}[\p{L}\p{Emoji_Presentation}\p{Emoji_Modifier_Base}\p{Extended_Pictographic}\d_-]*)/giu
-export const LOOSE_TAG_REGEX =
-  /(?:^|\s)(#[\p{L}\p{Emoji_Presentation}\p{Emoji_Modifier_Base}\p{Extended_Pictographic}]{1}[\p{L}\p{Emoji_Presentation}\p{Emoji_Modifier_Base}\p{Extended_Pictographic}\d_-]*\S*)/giu
-export const ENDING_PUNCTUATION_REGEX = /\p{P}+$/gu
-export const LEADING_HASH_REGEX = /^#/g
-
 export function sanitize(tagString: string) {
   return tagString
     .trim()
diff --git a/src/state/models/ui/tags-autocomplete.ts b/src/state/models/ui/tags-autocomplete.ts
index 441f04036a..e6f2a27ead 100644
--- a/src/state/models/ui/tags-autocomplete.ts
+++ b/src/state/models/ui/tags-autocomplete.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export class TagsAutocompleteModel {
   isActive = false
   query = ''
   searchedTags: string[] = []
-  profileTags: string[] = ['biology']
+  profileTags: string[] = []
 
   constructor(public rootStore: RootStoreModel) {
     makeAutoObservable(
@@ -113,15 +113,7 @@ export class TagsAutocompleteModel {
   // TODO hook up to search type-ahead
   async _search() {
     runInAction(() => {
-      this.searchedTags = [
-        'bluesky',
-        'code',
-        'coding',
-        'dev',
-        'developer',
-        'development',
-        'devlife',
-      ]
+      this.searchedTags = []
     })
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/view/com/composer/TagInput/index.tsx b/src/view/com/composer/TagInput/index.tsx
index de637ce61a..a01b94152c 100644
--- a/src/view/com/composer/TagInput/index.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/composer/TagInput/index.tsx
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import * as Sheet from 'view/com/sheets/Base'
 import {useStores} from 'state/index'
 import {ActivityIndicator} from 'react-native'
 import {TagInputEntryButton} from './TagInputEntryButton'
-import {sanitize} from 'lib/strings/hashtags'
 import {uniq} from 'lib/strings/helpers'
+import {sanitizeHashtag} from './util'
 
 export function TagInput({
   max = 8,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export function TagInput({
 
   const addTagAndReset = React.useCallback(
     (value: string) => {
-      const tag = sanitize(value)
+      const tag = sanitizeHashtag(value)
 
       // enforce max hashtag length
       if (tag.length > 0 && tag.length <= 64) {
diff --git a/src/view/com/composer/TagInput/index.web.tsx b/src/view/com/composer/TagInput/index.web.tsx
index 5180ad8d1f..d0ac8d2c75 100644
--- a/src/view/com/composer/TagInput/index.web.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/composer/TagInput/index.web.tsx
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import {Text} from 'view/com/util/text/Text'
 import {useStores} from 'state/index'
 import {TagInputEntryButton} from './TagInputEntryButton'
 import {TextInputFocusEventData} from 'react-native'
-import {sanitize} from 'lib/strings/hashtags'
 import {uniq} from 'lib/strings/helpers'
+import {sanitizeHashtag} from './util'
 
 export function TagInput({
   max = 8,
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export function TagInput({
 
   const addTagAndReset = React.useCallback(
     (value: string) => {
-      const tag = sanitize(value)
+      const tag = sanitizeHashtag(value)
 
       // enforce max hashtag length
       if (tag.length > 0 && tag.length <= 64) {
diff --git a/src/view/com/composer/TagInput/util.ts b/src/view/com/composer/TagInput/util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b085054853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/view/com/composer/TagInput/util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import {TRAILING_PUNCTUATION_REGEX, LEADING_HASH_REGEX} from '@atproto/api'
+
+export function sanitizeHashtag(tagString: string) {
+  return tagString
+    .trim()
+    .replace(LEADING_HASH_REGEX, '')
+    .replace(TRAILING_PUNCTUATION_REGEX, '')
+}
diff --git a/src/view/com/composer/text-input/mobile/TagsAutocomplete.tsx b/src/view/com/composer/text-input/mobile/TagsAutocomplete.tsx
index d5d9218192..816e9509ea 100644
--- a/src/view/com/composer/text-input/mobile/TagsAutocomplete.tsx
+++ b/src/view/com/composer/text-input/mobile/TagsAutocomplete.tsx
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ import {TagsAutocompleteModel} from 'state/models/ui/tags-autocomplete'
 import {useAnimatedValue} from 'lib/hooks/useAnimatedValue'
 import {usePalette} from 'lib/hooks/usePalette'
 import {Text} from 'view/com/util/text/Text'
-import {LEADING_HASH_REGEX, TAG_REGEX} from 'lib/strings/hashtags'
+import {LEADING_HASH_REGEX, HASHTAG_REGEX} from '@atproto/api'
 
 /**
  * Loops over matches in the text to find the hashtag under the cursor.
  */
 export function getHashtagAt(text: string, position: number) {
-  for (const match of Array.from(text.matchAll(TAG_REGEX))) {
+  for (const match of Array.from(text.matchAll(HASHTAG_REGEX))) {
     const {index} = match
     const [matchedString, tag] = match
 
diff --git a/src/view/com/composer/text-input/web/Tags/utils.ts b/src/view/com/composer/text-input/web/Tags/utils.ts
index 3e46957170..654552e07c 100644
--- a/src/view/com/composer/text-input/web/Tags/utils.ts
+++ b/src/view/com/composer/text-input/web/Tags/utils.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import {
-  LOOSE_TAG_REGEX,
-  ENDING_PUNCTUATION_REGEX,
+  HASHTAG_REGEX_WITH_TRAILING_PUNCTUATION,
+  TRAILING_PUNCTUATION_REGEX,
   LEADING_HASH_REGEX,
-} from 'lib/strings/hashtags'
+} from '@atproto/api'
 
+/**
+ * This method eventually receives the `query` property from the result of
+ * `findSuggestionMatch` below.
+ */
 export function parsePunctuationFromTag(value: string) {
-  const reg = ENDING_PUNCTUATION_REGEX
+  const reg = TRAILING_PUNCTUATION_REGEX
   const tag = value.replace(reg, '')
   const punctuation = value.match(reg)?.[0] || ''
 
@@ -26,25 +30,27 @@ export function findSuggestionMatch({
   text: string
   cursorPosition: number
 }) {
-  const match = Array.from(text.matchAll(LOOSE_TAG_REGEX)).pop()
+  const match = Array.from(
+    text.matchAll(HASHTAG_REGEX_WITH_TRAILING_PUNCTUATION),
+  ).pop()
 
   if (!match || match.input === undefined || match.index === undefined) {
     return null
   }
 
   const startIndex = cursorPosition - text.length
-  let [matchedString, looselyMatchedTag] = match
+  let [matchedString, tagWithTrailingPunctuation] = match
 
-  const sanitized = looselyMatchedTag
-    .replace(ENDING_PUNCTUATION_REGEX, '')
+  const sanitized = tagWithTrailingPunctuation
+    .replace(TRAILING_PUNCTUATION_REGEX, '')
     .replace(LEADING_HASH_REGEX, '')
 
   // one of our hashtag spec rules
   if (sanitized.length > 64) return null
 
   const from =
-    startIndex + match.index + matchedString.indexOf(looselyMatchedTag)
-  const to = from + looselyMatchedTag.length
+    startIndex + match.index + matchedString.indexOf(tagWithTrailingPunctuation)
+  const to = from + tagWithTrailingPunctuation.length
 
   if (from < cursorPosition && to >= cursorPosition) {
     return {
@@ -58,7 +64,7 @@ export function findSuggestionMatch({
        *
        * We parse out the punctuation later.
        */
-      query: looselyMatchedTag.replace(LEADING_HASH_REGEX, ''),
+      query: tagWithTrailingPunctuation.replace(LEADING_HASH_REGEX, ''),
       // raw text string
       text: matchedString,
     }