Can I disable the image smileys in the Chrome Hangout app?

First, I don't mean stopping the conversion of the text I type like this question asks. Second, by "Chrome Hangout app", I mean this, the exteal window, running in Microsoft Windows.

I hate these emojies therefore I don't use them. However, other people do. I want to disable the little pictures of smiling yellow blobs that Hangout uses. I'm fine seeing either the unicode version or the text shortcut (☺ or :)).

Were I using the web version, I could just use a chrome addon or a user style but for the standalone app, I have no idea. The process seems to be a child of chrome in the task manager but chrome plugins don't seem to affect it.

What can I do?

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