diff --git a/apps/web/src/TextForEvent.tsx b/apps/web/src/TextForEvent.tsx
index b9ea96dcd8..1f326663b7 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/TextForEvent.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/TextForEvent.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import { highlightEvent, isLocationEvent } from "./utils/EventUtils";
 import { getSenderName } from "./utils/event/getSenderName";
 import PosthogTrackers from "./PosthogTrackers.ts";
 import { ElementCallEventType } from "./call-types.ts";
-import Spoiler from "./components/views/elements/Spoiler.tsx";
 
 function getRoomMemberDisplayname(client: MatrixClient, event: MatrixEvent, userId = event.getSender()): string {
     const roomId = event.getRoomId();
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ function textForMemberEvent(
     client: MatrixClient,
     allowJSX: boolean,
     showHiddenEvents?: boolean,
-): (() => Renderable) | null {
+): (() => string) | null {
     // XXX: SYJS-16 "sender is sometimes null for join messages"
     const senderName = ev.sender?.name || getRoomMemberDisplayname(client, ev);
     const targetName = ev.target?.name || getRoomMemberDisplayname(client, ev, ev.getStateKey());
@@ -134,26 +133,10 @@ function textForMemberEvent(
             }
         }
         case KnownMembership.Ban:
-            if (allowJSX) {
-                return reason
-                    ? () =>
-                          _t(
-                              "timeline|m.room.member|ban_reason_spoiler",
-                              { senderName, reason },
-                              { user: () => <Spoiler>{targetName}</Spoiler> },
-                          )
-                    : () =>
-                          _t(
-                              "timeline|m.room.member|ban_spoiler",
-                              { senderName },
-                              { user: () => <Spoiler>{targetName}</Spoiler> },
-                          );
-            }
-
-            return reason
-                ? () => _t("timeline|m.room.member|ban_reason", { senderName, reason })
-                : () => _t("timeline|m.room.member|ban", { senderName });
-
+            return () =>
+                reason
+                    ? _t("timeline|m.room.member|ban_reason", { senderName, targetName, reason })
+                    : _t("timeline|m.room.member|ban", { senderName, targetName });
         case KnownMembership.Join:
             if (prevContent && prevContent.membership === KnownMembership.Join) {
                 const modDisplayname = getModification(prevContent.displayname, content.displayname);
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/views/elements/EventListSummary.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/views/elements/EventListSummary.tsx
index 9af2231436..86a5ce5776 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/views/elements/EventListSummary.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/views/elements/EventListSummary.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Com
 Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
 */
 
-import React, { type ReactElement, type ComponentProps, type ReactNode } from "react";
+import React, { type ComponentProps, type ReactNode } from "react";
 import { EventType, type MatrixEvent, MatrixEventEvent, type RoomMember } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
 import { KnownMembership } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/types";
 import { throttle } from "lodash";
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import AccessibleButton from "./AccessibleButton";
 import RoomContext from "../../../contexts/RoomContext";
 import { arrayHasDiff } from "../../../utils/arrays.ts";
 import { objectHasDiff } from "../../../utils/objects.ts";
-import Spoiler from "./Spoiler.tsx";
 
 const onPinnedMessagesClick = (): void => {
     RightPanelStore.instance.setCard({ phase: RightPanelPhases.PinnedMessages }, false);
@@ -223,15 +222,7 @@ export default class EventListSummary extends React.Component<Props, State> {
     ): ReactNode {
         const summaries = orderedTransitionSequences.map((transitions) => {
             const userNames = eventAggregates[transitions];
-            let spoileredUserNames: ReactElement[];
-
-            if (containsBanned(transitions)) {
-                spoileredUserNames = userNames.map((u) => <Spoiler key={u}>{u}</Spoiler>);
-            } else {
-                spoileredUserNames = userNames.map((u) => <>{u}</>);
-            }
-
-            const nameList = this.renderNameList(spoileredUserNames);
+            const nameList = this.renderNameList(userNames);
 
             const splitTransitions = transitions.split(SEP) as TransitionType[];
 
@@ -243,11 +234,7 @@ export default class EventListSummary extends React.Component<Props, State> {
             const coalescedTransitions = EventListSummary.coalesceRepeatedTransitions(canonicalTransitions);
 
             const descs = coalescedTransitions.map((t) => {
-                return EventListSummary.getDescriptionForTransition(
-                    t.transitionType,
-                    spoileredUserNames.length,
-                    t.repeats,
-                );
+                return EventListSummary.getDescriptionForTransition(t.transitionType, userNames.length, t.repeats);
             });
 
             const desc = formatList(descs);
@@ -268,7 +255,7 @@ export default class EventListSummary extends React.Component<Props, State> {
      * more items in `users` than `this.props.summaryLength`, which is the number of names
      * included before "and [n] others".
      */
-    private renderNameList(users: ReactElement[]): ReactElement {
+    private renderNameList(users: string[]): string {
         return formatList(users, this.props.summaryLength);
     }
 
@@ -631,11 +618,3 @@ export default class EventListSummary extends React.Component<Props, State> {
         );
     }
 }
-
-/**
- * Returns true if the provided list comma-separated list of transitions
- * contains an item "banned".
- */
-function containsBanned(transitions: string): boolean {
-    return transitions.startsWith(TransitionType.Banned) || transitions.includes(`,${TransitionType.Banned}`);
-}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/apps/web/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 907b928d1c..f31931b7b0 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -3483,10 +3483,8 @@
         "m.room.member": {
             "accepted_3pid_invite": "%(targetName)s accepted the invitation for %(displayName)s",
             "accepted_invite": "%(targetName)s accepted an invitation",
-            "ban": "%(senderName)s banned a user",
-            "ban_reason": "%(senderName)s banned a user: %(reason)s",
-            "ban_reason_spoiler": "%(senderName)s banned <user/>: %(reason)s",
-            "ban_spoiler": "%(senderName)s banned <user/>",
+            "ban": "%(senderName)s banned %(targetName)s",
+            "ban_reason": "%(senderName)s banned %(targetName)s: %(reason)s",
             "change_avatar": "%(senderName)s changed their profile picture",
             "change_name": "%(oldDisplayName)s changed their display name to %(displayName)s",
             "change_name_avatar": "%(oldDisplayName)s changed their display name and profile picture",
diff --git a/apps/web/test/unit-tests/TextForEvent-test.tsx b/apps/web/test/unit-tests/TextForEvent-test.tsx
index c6c23bffa2..076972e646 100644
--- a/apps/web/test/unit-tests/TextForEvent-test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/test/unit-tests/TextForEvent-test.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import { KnownMembership } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/types";
 import { render } from "jest-matrix-react";
 import { type ReactElement } from "react";
 import { type Mocked, mocked } from "jest-mock";
-import React from "react";
 
 import { hasText, textForEvent } from "../../src/TextForEvent";
 import SettingsStore from "../../src/settings/SettingsStore";
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ import { MatrixClientPeg } from "../../src/MatrixClientPeg";
 import UserIdentifierCustomisations from "../../src/customisations/UserIdentifier";
 import { getSenderName } from "../../src/utils/event/getSenderName";
 import { ElementCallEventType } from "../../src/call-types";
-import Spoiler from "../../src/components/views/elements/Spoiler";
 
 jest.mock("../../src/settings/SettingsStore");
 jest.mock("../../src/customisations/UserIdentifier", () => ({
@@ -564,50 +562,6 @@ describe("TextForEvent", () => {
                 ),
             ).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"Member rejected the invitation: I don't want to be in this room."`);
         });
-
-        it("shows single-user bans with a spoiler on display name", () => {
-            mocked(mockClient.getRoom).mockReturnValue({
-                getMember: jest.fn().mockImplementation((userId) => {
-                    return { rawDisplayName: userId === "@admin:example.com" ? "Admin" : "Bad User" };
-                }),
-            } as unknown as Mocked<Room>);
-
-            expect(textForEvent(banEventWithReason(), mockClient, true)).toEqual(
-                <span>
-                    Admin banned <Spoiler>Bad User</Spoiler>: bad behaviour
-                </span>,
-            );
-        });
-
-        it("hides user name for single-user bans with reason when JSX is not allowed", () => {
-            mocked(mockClient.getRoom).mockReturnValue({
-                getMember: jest.fn().mockImplementation((userId) => {
-                    return { rawDisplayName: userId === "@admin:example.com" ? "Admin" : "Bad User" };
-                }),
-            } as unknown as Mocked<Room>);
-
-            expect(textForEvent(banEventWithReason(), mockClient)).toEqual("Admin banned a user: bad behaviour");
-        });
-
-        it("shows single-user bans with a spoiler on user ID", () => {
-            mocked(mockClient.getRoom).mockReturnValue({
-                getMember: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ rawDisplayName: undefined }),
-            } as unknown as Mocked<Room>);
-
-            expect(textForEvent(banEvent(), mockClient, true)).toEqual(
-                <span>
-                    @admin:example.com banned <Spoiler>@bad_name:bad_server.co</Spoiler>
-                </span>,
-            );
-        });
-
-        it("hides user name for single-user bans when JSX is not allowed", () => {
-            mocked(mockClient.getRoom).mockReturnValue({
-                getMember: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ rawDisplayName: undefined }),
-            } as unknown as Mocked<Room>);
-
-            expect(textForEvent(banEvent(), mockClient)).toEqual("@admin:example.com banned a user");
-        });
     });
 
     describe("textForJoinRulesEvent()", () => {
@@ -763,26 +717,3 @@ describe("TextForEvent", () => {
         });
     });
 });
-
-function banEvent(): MatrixEvent {
-    return new MatrixEvent({
-        type: "m.room.member",
-        sender: "@admin:example.com",
-        content: {
-            membership: KnownMembership.Ban,
-        },
-        state_key: "@bad_name:bad_server.co",
-    });
-}
-
-function banEventWithReason(): MatrixEvent {
-    return new MatrixEvent({
-        type: "m.room.member",
-        sender: "@admin:example.com",
-        content: {
-            membership: KnownMembership.Ban,
-            reason: "bad behaviour",
-        },
-        state_key: "@bad_name:bad_server.co",
-    });
-}
diff --git a/apps/web/test/unit-tests/components/structures/__snapshots__/MessagePanel-test.tsx.snap b/apps/web/test/unit-tests/components/structures/__snapshots__/MessagePanel-test.tsx.snap
index 5bb266d60d..f31612ae13 100644
--- a/apps/web/test/unit-tests/components/structures/__snapshots__/MessagePanel-test.tsx.snap
+++ b/apps/web/test/unit-tests/components/structures/__snapshots__/MessagePanel-test.tsx.snap
@@ -120,9 +120,7 @@ exports[`MessagePanel should handle lots of membership events quickly 1`] = `
               <span
                 class="mx_TextualEvent mx_GenericEventListSummary_summary"
               >
-                <span>
-                  @user:id made no changes 100 times
-                </span>
+                @user:id made no changes 100 times
               </span>
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/apps/web/test/unit-tests/components/views/elements/EventListSummary-test.tsx b/apps/web/test/unit-tests/components/views/elements/EventListSummary-test.tsx
index 921407781a..2f2c409db6 100644
--- a/apps/web/test/unit-tests/components/views/elements/EventListSummary-test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/test/unit-tests/components/views/elements/EventListSummary-test.tsx
@@ -265,12 +265,7 @@ describe("EventListSummary", function () {
 
         const { container } = renderComponent(props);
         const summary = container.querySelector(".mx_GenericEventListSummary_summary");
-
-        // The sequence was summarised correctly
         expect(summary).toHaveTextContent("user_1 was unbanned, joined and left 7 times and was invited");
-
-        // And there is no spoiler on the user's name since they were not banned
-        expect(summary).not.toContainHTML("mx_EventTile_spoiler_content");
     });
 
     it("truncates multiple sequences of repetitions with other events between", function () {
@@ -314,14 +309,9 @@ describe("EventListSummary", function () {
 
         const { container } = renderComponent(props);
         const summary = container.querySelector(".mx_GenericEventListSummary_summary");
-
-        // The sequence was summarised correctly
         expect(summary).toHaveTextContent(
-            "user_1 was unbanned, joined and left 2 times, was banned, joined and left 3 times and was invited",
+            "user_1 was unbanned, joined and left 2 times, was banned, " + "joined and left 3 times and was invited",
         );
-
-        // And the banned user's name is hidden within a spoiler
-        expect(summary).toContainHTML('<span class="mx_EventTile_spoiler_content">user_1</span>');
     });
 
     it("handles multiple users following the same sequence of memberships", function () {
@@ -371,14 +361,9 @@ describe("EventListSummary", function () {
 
         const { container } = renderComponent(props);
         const summary = container.querySelector(".mx_GenericEventListSummary_summary");
-
-        // The sequence was summarised correctly
         expect(summary).toHaveTextContent(
             "user_1 and one other were unbanned, joined and left 2 times and were banned",
         );
-
-        // And the banned user's name is hidden within a spoiler
-        expect(summary).toContainHTML('<span class="mx_EventTile_spoiler_content">user_1</span>');
     });
 
     it("handles many users following the same sequence of memberships", function () {
@@ -408,14 +393,9 @@ describe("EventListSummary", function () {
 
         const { container } = renderComponent(props);
         const summary = container.querySelector(".mx_GenericEventListSummary_summary");
-
-        // The sequence was summarised correctly
         expect(summary).toHaveTextContent(
             "user_0 and 19 others were unbanned, joined and left 2 times and were banned",
         );
-
-        // And the banned user's name is hidden within a spoiler
-        expect(summary).toContainHTML('<span class="mx_EventTile_spoiler_content">user_0</span>');
     });
 
     it("correctly orders sequences of transitions by the order of their first event", function () {