diff --git a/src/app/mainview/components/MessageListView.qml b/src/app/mainview/components/MessageListView.qml
index 656b9a95..4ba0b162 100644
--- a/src/app/mainview/components/MessageListView.qml
+++ b/src/app/mainview/components/MessageListView.qml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import QtQuick.Controls
 import QtQuick.Layouts
 import Qt.labs.qmlmodels
 
+import SortFilterProxyModel 0.2
+
 import net.jami.Models 1.1
 import net.jami.Adapters 1.1
 import net.jami.Constants 1.1
@@ -194,7 +196,21 @@ JamiListView {
     boundsBehavior: Flickable.StopAtBounds
     currentIndex: -1
 
-    model: MessagesAdapter.messageListModel
+    model: SortFilterProxyModel {
+        // There doesn't seem to a subscription to property change
+        // events in the expression for sourceModel. This was originally
+        // masked behind an unchanging QSortFilterProxyModel object that
+        // just reset it's sourceModel in MessagesAdapter.
+        property var messageListModel: MessagesAdapter.messageListModel
+        onMessageListModelChanged: sourceModel = messageListModel
+        filters: ExpressionFilter {
+            readonly property int mergeType: Interaction.Type.MERGE
+            expression: Body !== "" && Type !== mergeType
+        }
+        sorters: ExpressionSorter {
+            expression: modelLeft.index > modelRight.index
+        }
+    }
 
     delegate: DelegateChooser {
         id: delegateChooser
diff --git a/src/app/messagesadapter.cpp b/src/app/messagesadapter.cpp
index c715b91c..fd37fcc1 100644
--- a/src/app/messagesadapter.cpp
+++ b/src/app/messagesadapter.cpp
@@ -49,18 +49,13 @@ MessagesAdapter::MessagesAdapter(AppSettingsManager* settingsManager,
     : QmlAdapterBase(instance, parent)
     , settingsManager_(settingsManager)
     , previewEngine_(previewEngine)
-    , filteredMsgListModel_(new FilteredMsgListModel(this))
 {
     connect(lrcInstance_, &LRCInstance::selectedConvUidChanged, [this]() {
         set_replyToId("");
         const QString& convId = lrcInstance_->get_selectedConvUid();
         const auto& conversation = lrcInstance_->getConversationFromConvUid(convId);
-        filteredMsgListModel_->setSourceModel(conversation.interactions.get());
-        set_messageListModel(QVariant::fromValue(filteredMsgListModel_));
-        if (!conversation.typers.empty())
-            set_currentConvComposingList(conversationTypersUrlToName(conversation.typers));
-        else
-            set_currentConvComposingList({});
+        set_messageListModel(QVariant::fromValue(conversation.interactions.get()));
+        set_currentConvComposingList(conversationTypersUrlToName(conversation.typers));
     });
 
     connect(previewEngine_, &PreviewEngine::infoReady, this, &MessagesAdapter::onPreviewInfoReady);
@@ -104,7 +99,7 @@ MessagesAdapter::loadMoreMessages()
 void
 MessagesAdapter::loadConversationUntil(const QString& to)
 {
-    if (auto* model = static_cast<MessageListModel*>(filteredMsgListModel_->sourceModel())) {
+    if (auto* model = messageListModel_.value<MessageListModel*>()) {
         auto idx = model->indexOfMessage(to);
         if (idx == -1) {
             auto accountId = lrcInstance_->get_currentAccountId();
@@ -324,7 +319,7 @@ MessagesAdapter::getTransferStats(const QString& msgId, int status)
 QVariant
 MessagesAdapter::dataForInteraction(const QString& interactionId, int role) const
 {
-    if (auto* model = static_cast<MessageListModel*>(filteredMsgListModel_->sourceModel())) {
+    if (auto* model = messageListModel_.value<MessageListModel*>()) {
         auto idx = model->indexOfMessage(interactionId);
         if (idx != -1)
             return model->data(idx, role);
@@ -335,7 +330,7 @@ MessagesAdapter::dataForInteraction(const QString& interactionId, int role) cons
 int
 MessagesAdapter::getIndexOfMessage(const QString& interactionId) const
 {
-    if (auto* model = static_cast<MessageListModel*>(filteredMsgListModel_->sourceModel())) {
+    if (auto* model = messageListModel_.value<MessageListModel*>()) {
         return model->indexOfMessage(interactionId);
     }
     return {};
diff --git a/src/app/messagesadapter.h b/src/app/messagesadapter.h
index 26afb48a..a01f1d12 100644
--- a/src/app/messagesadapter.h
+++ b/src/app/messagesadapter.h
@@ -25,33 +25,6 @@
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QString>
 
-#include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
-
-class FilteredMsgListModel final : public QSortFilterProxyModel
-{
-    Q_OBJECT
-
-public:
-    explicit FilteredMsgListModel(QObject* parent = nullptr)
-        : QSortFilterProxyModel(parent)
-    {
-        sort(0, Qt::AscendingOrder);
-    }
-
-    bool filterAcceptsRow(int sourceRow, const QModelIndex& sourceParent) const override
-    {
-        auto index = sourceModel()->index(sourceRow, 0, sourceParent);
-        auto type = sourceModel()->data(index, MessageList::Role::Type).toInt();
-        auto hasBody = !sourceModel()->data(index, MessageList::Role::Body).toString().isEmpty();
-        return static_cast<interaction::Type>(type) != interaction::Type::MERGE && hasBody;
-    };
-
-    bool lessThan(const QModelIndex& left, const QModelIndex& right) const override
-    {
-        return left.row() > right.row();
-    };
-};
-
 class AppSettingsManager;
 
 class MessagesAdapter final : public QmlAdapterBase
@@ -138,7 +111,6 @@ private:
 
     AppSettingsManager* settingsManager_;
     PreviewEngine* previewEngine_;
-    FilteredMsgListModel* filteredMsgListModel_;
 
     static constexpr const int loadChunkSize_ {20};
 };