diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1fdf30bc..c8cb3bd8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 - Dev: Set settings directory to temporary one used in tests. (#6584)
 - Dev: Check Lua unwinding and version in tests. (#6586)
 - Dev: Added method to get the last N messages of a channel. (#6602, #6604)
+- Dev: Unwrapped `LimitedQueueSnapshot` to `std::vector`. (#6606)
 
 ## 2.5.4
 
diff --git a/src/common/Channel.cpp b/src/common/Channel.cpp
index eff0e88e..ab8f891f 100644
--- a/src/common/Channel.cpp
+++ b/src/common/Channel.cpp
@@ -71,13 +71,12 @@ bool Channel::hasMessages() const
     return !this->messages_.empty();
 }
 
-LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> Channel::getMessageSnapshot() const
+std::vector<MessagePtr> Channel::getMessageSnapshot() const
 {
     return this->messages_.getSnapshot();
 }
 
-LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> Channel::getMessageSnapshot(
-    size_t nItems) const
+std::vector<MessagePtr> Channel::getMessageSnapshot(size_t nItems) const
 {
     return this->messages_.lastN(nItems);
 }
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ void Channel::addOrReplaceClearChat(MessagePtr message, const QDateTime &now)
 
 void Channel::disableAllMessages()
 {
-    LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> snapshot = this->getMessageSnapshot();
+    std::vector<MessagePtr> snapshot = this->getMessageSnapshot();
     int snapshotLength = snapshot.size();
     for (int i = 0; i < snapshotLength; i++)
     {
diff --git a/src/common/Channel.hpp b/src/common/Channel.hpp
index 074cf389..8cad8c59 100644
--- a/src/common/Channel.hpp
+++ b/src/common/Channel.hpp
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ public:
     virtual const QString &getLocalizedName() const;
     bool isTwitchChannel() const;
     virtual bool isEmpty() const;
-    LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> getMessageSnapshot() const;
-    LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> getMessageSnapshot(size_t nItems) const;
+    std::vector<MessagePtr> getMessageSnapshot() const;
+    std::vector<MessagePtr> getMessageSnapshot(size_t nItems) const;
 
     // MESSAGES
     // overridingFlags can be filled in with flags that should be used instead
diff --git a/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationController.cpp b/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationController.cpp
index 5b2ad094..866be087 100644
--- a/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationController.cpp
+++ b/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationController.cpp
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ void NotificationController::notifyTwitchChannelLive(
 void NotificationController::notifyTwitchChannelOffline(const QString &id) const
 {
     // "delete" old 'CHANNEL is live' message
-    const LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> snapshot =
+    const std::vector<MessagePtr> snapshot =
         getApp()->getTwitch()->getLiveChannel()->getMessageSnapshot(200);
 
     // Guard against empty snapshot to prevent underflow and invalid access
diff --git a/src/messages/LimitedQueue.hpp b/src/messages/LimitedQueue.hpp
index fb4647be..368abda0 100644
--- a/src/messages/LimitedQueue.hpp
+++ b/src/messages/LimitedQueue.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include "messages/LimitedQueueSnapshot.hpp"
-
 #include <boost/circular_buffer.hpp>
 
 #include <cassert>
@@ -318,22 +316,28 @@ public:
         return false;
     }
 
-    [[nodiscard]] LimitedQueueSnapshot<T> getSnapshot() const
+    [[nodiscard]] std::vector<T> getSnapshot() const
     {
         std::shared_lock lock(this->mutex_);
-        return LimitedQueueSnapshot<T>(this->buffer_);
+        return {this->buffer_.begin(), this->buffer_.end()};
     }
 
-    [[nodiscard]] LimitedQueueSnapshot<T> lastN(size_t nItems) const
+    [[nodiscard]] std::vector<T> lastN(size_t nItems) const
     {
         std::shared_lock lock(this->mutex_);
-        return LimitedQueueSnapshot<T>::lastN(this->buffer_, nItems);
+        return {
+            this->buffer_.end() - std::min(nItems, this->buffer_.size()),
+            this->buffer_.end(),
+        };
     }
 
-    [[nodiscard]] LimitedQueueSnapshot<T> firstN(size_t nItems) const
+    [[nodiscard]] std::vector<T> firstN(size_t nItems) const
     {
         std::shared_lock lock(this->mutex_);
-        return LimitedQueueSnapshot<T>::firstN(this->buffer_, nItems);
+        return {
+            this->buffer_.begin(),
+            this->buffer_.begin() + std::min(nItems, this->buffer_.size()),
+        };
     }
 
     // Actions
diff --git a/src/messages/LimitedQueueSnapshot.hpp b/src/messages/LimitedQueueSnapshot.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index ac5f032d..00000000
--- a/src/messages/LimitedQueueSnapshot.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <boost/circular_buffer.hpp>
-
-#include <cassert>
-#include <memory>
-#include <vector>
-
-namespace chatterino {
-
-template <typename T>
-class LimitedQueue;
-
-template <typename T>
-class LimitedQueueSnapshot
-{
-private:
-    friend class LimitedQueue<T>;
-
-    LimitedQueueSnapshot(const boost::circular_buffer<T> &buf)
-        : buffer_(buf.begin(), buf.end())
-    {
-    }
-
-    static LimitedQueueSnapshot lastN(const boost::circular_buffer<T> &buf,
-                                      size_t n)
-    {
-        return {buf.end() - std::min(n, buf.size()), buf.end()};
-    }
-
-    static LimitedQueueSnapshot firstN(const boost::circular_buffer<T> &buf,
-                                       size_t n)
-    {
-        return {buf.begin(), buf.begin() + std::min(n, buf.size())};
-    }
-
-    template <typename It>
-    LimitedQueueSnapshot(It begin, It end)
-        : buffer_(std::move(begin), std::move(end))
-    {
-    }
-
-public:
-    LimitedQueueSnapshot() = default;
-
-    size_t size() const
-    {
-        return this->buffer_.size();
-    }
-
-    const T &operator[](size_t index) const
-    {
-        return this->buffer_[index];
-    }
-
-    auto begin() const
-    {
-        return this->buffer_.begin();
-    }
-
-    auto end() const
-    {
-        return this->buffer_.end();
-    }
-
-    auto rbegin() const
-    {
-        return this->buffer_.rbegin();
-    }
-
-    auto rend() const
-    {
-        return this->buffer_.rend();
-    }
-
-private:
-    std::vector<T> buffer_;
-};
-
-}  // namespace chatterino
diff --git a/src/messages/MessageSimilarity.cpp b/src/messages/MessageSimilarity.cpp
index 2f8157d6..2cf25cf6 100644
--- a/src/messages/MessageSimilarity.cpp
+++ b/src/messages/MessageSimilarity.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 #include "Application.hpp"
 #include "controllers/accounts/AccountController.hpp"
-#include "messages/LimitedQueueSnapshot.hpp"  // IWYU pragma: keep
 #include "providers/twitch/TwitchAccount.hpp"
 #include "singletons/Settings.hpp"
 
@@ -115,7 +114,5 @@ void setSimilarityFlags(const MessagePtr &message, const T &messages)
 
 template void setSimilarityFlags<std::vector<MessagePtr>>(
     const MessagePtr &msg, const std::vector<MessagePtr> &messages);
-template void setSimilarityFlags<LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr>>(
-    const MessagePtr &msg, const LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> &messages);
 
 }  // namespace chatterino
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/IrcMessageHandler.hpp b/src/providers/twitch/IrcMessageHandler.hpp
index d81f282a..665cfab8 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/IrcMessageHandler.hpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/IrcMessageHandler.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include "messages/LimitedQueueSnapshot.hpp"
-
 #include <IrcMessage>
 
 #include <optional>
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     static float similarity(const MessagePtr &msg,
-                            const LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> &messages);
+                            const std::vector<MessagePtr> &messages);
     static void setSimilarityFlags(const MessagePtr &message,
                                    const ChannelPtr &channel);
 };
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchIrcServer.cpp b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchIrcServer.cpp
index 86293b0a..53a73911 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchIrcServer.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchIrcServer.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "common/Literals.hpp"
 #include "common/QLogging.hpp"
 #include "controllers/accounts/AccountController.hpp"
-#include "messages/LimitedQueueSnapshot.hpp"
 #include "messages/Message.hpp"
 #include "messages/MessageBuilder.hpp"
 #include "providers/bttv/BttvEmotes.hpp"
@@ -480,7 +479,7 @@ void TwitchIrcServer::onReadConnected(IrcConnection *connection)
 
     for (const auto &chan : activeChannels)
     {
-        LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> snapshot = chan->getMessageSnapshot();
+        std::vector<MessagePtr> snapshot = chan->getMessageSnapshot();
 
         bool replaceMessage =
             snapshot.size() > 0 && snapshot[snapshot.size() - 1]->flags.has(
diff --git a/src/widgets/dialogs/UserInfoPopup.cpp b/src/widgets/dialogs/UserInfoPopup.cpp
index f388ceb8..f3efa86b 100644
--- a/src/widgets/dialogs/UserInfoPopup.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/dialogs/UserInfoPopup.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ bool checkMessageUserName(const QString &userName, MessagePtr message)
 
 ChannelPtr filterMessages(const QString &userName, ChannelPtr channel)
 {
-    LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> snapshot = channel->getMessageSnapshot();
+    std::vector<MessagePtr> snapshot = channel->getMessageSnapshot();
 
     ChannelPtr channelPtr;
     if (channel->isTwitchChannel())
diff --git a/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp b/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp
index 85e6b591..4e4879d1 100644
--- a/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "messages/layouts/MessageLayout.hpp"
 #include "messages/layouts/MessageLayoutContext.hpp"
 #include "messages/layouts/MessageLayoutElement.hpp"
-#include "messages/LimitedQueueSnapshot.hpp"
 #include "messages/Message.hpp"
 #include "messages/MessageBuilder.hpp"
 #include "messages/MessageElement.hpp"
@@ -693,7 +692,7 @@ void ChannelView::performLayout(bool causedByScrollbar, bool causedByShow)
 }
 
 void ChannelView::layoutVisibleMessages(
-    const LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessageLayoutPtr> &messages)
+    const std::vector<MessageLayoutPtr> &messages)
 {
     const auto start = size_t(this->scrollBar_->getRelativeCurrentValue());
     const auto layoutWidth = this->getLayoutWidth();
@@ -731,9 +730,8 @@ void ChannelView::layoutVisibleMessages(
     }
 }
 
-void ChannelView::updateScrollbar(
-    const LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessageLayoutPtr> &messages,
-    bool causedByScrollbar, bool causedByShow)
+void ChannelView::updateScrollbar(const std::vector<MessageLayoutPtr> &messages,
+                                  bool causedByScrollbar, bool causedByShow)
 {
     if (messages.size() == 0)
     {
@@ -820,7 +818,7 @@ QString ChannelView::getSelectedText()
 {
     QString result = "";
 
-    LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessageLayoutPtr> &messagesSnapshot =
+    std::vector<MessageLayoutPtr> &messagesSnapshot =
         this->getMessagesSnapshot();
 
     Selection selection = this->selection_;
@@ -897,7 +895,7 @@ const std::optional<MessageElementFlags> &ChannelView::getOverrideFlags() const
     return this->overrideFlags_;
 }
 
-LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessageLayoutPtr> &ChannelView::getMessagesSnapshot()
+std::vector<MessageLayoutPtr> &ChannelView::getMessagesSnapshot()
 {
     this->snapshotGuard_.guard();
     if (!this->paused() /*|| this->scrollBar_->isVisible()*/)
diff --git a/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.hpp b/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.hpp
index 096e5e1c..3925a3dd 100644
--- a/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.hpp
+++ b/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.hpp
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "common/FlagsEnum.hpp"
 #include "messages/layouts/MessageLayoutContext.hpp"
 #include "messages/LimitedQueue.hpp"
-#include "messages/LimitedQueueSnapshot.hpp"
 #include "messages/MessageFlag.hpp"
 #include "messages/Selection.hpp"
 #include "util/ThreadGuard.hpp"
@@ -178,7 +177,7 @@ public:
     /// Checks if this view has a #sourceChannel
     bool hasSourceChannel() const;
 
-    LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessageLayoutPtr> &getMessagesSnapshot();
+    std::vector<MessageLayoutPtr> &getMessagesSnapshot();
 
     void queueLayout();
     void invalidateBuffers();
@@ -286,9 +285,8 @@ private:
 
     void performLayout(bool causedByScrollbar = false,
                        bool causedByShow = false);
-    void layoutVisibleMessages(
-        const LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessageLayoutPtr> &messages);
-    void updateScrollbar(const LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessageLayoutPtr> &messages,
+    void layoutVisibleMessages(const std::vector<MessageLayoutPtr> &messages);
+    void updateScrollbar(const std::vector<MessageLayoutPtr> &messages,
                          bool causedByScrollbar, bool causedByShow);
 
     void drawMessages(QPainter &painter, const QRect &area);
@@ -354,7 +352,7 @@ private:
     MessageLayoutPtr lastReadMessage_;
 
     ThreadGuard snapshotGuard_;
-    LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessageLayoutPtr> snapshot_;
+    std::vector<MessageLayoutPtr> snapshot_;
 
     /// @brief The backing (internal) channel
     ///
diff --git a/src/widgets/helper/SearchPopup.cpp b/src/widgets/helper/SearchPopup.cpp
index 8289118e..57f0d488 100644
--- a/src/widgets/helper/SearchPopup.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/helper/SearchPopup.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 namespace chatterino {
 
 ChannelPtr SearchPopup::filter(const QString &text, const QString &channelName,
-                               const LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> &snapshot)
+                               const std::vector<MessagePtr> &snapshot)
 {
     ChannelPtr channel(new Channel(channelName, Channel::Type::None));
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ void SearchPopup::search()
                                           this->channelName_, this->snapshot_));
 }
 
-LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> SearchPopup::buildSnapshot()
+std::vector<MessagePtr> SearchPopup::buildSnapshot()
 {
     // no point in filtering/sorting if it's a single channel search
     if (this->searchChannels_.length() == 1)
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> SearchPopup::buildSnapshot()
         ChannelView &sharedView = channel.get();
 
         const FilterSetPtr filterSet = sharedView.getFilterSet();
-        const LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> &snapshot =
+        const std::vector<MessagePtr> &snapshot =
             sharedView.channel()->getMessageSnapshot();
 
         for (const auto &message : snapshot)
@@ -284,10 +284,7 @@ LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> SearchPopup::buildSnapshot()
                   return a->serverReceivedTime < b->serverReceivedTime;
               });
 
-    auto queue = LimitedQueue<MessagePtr>(combinedSnapshot.size());
-    queue.pushFront(combinedSnapshot);
-
-    return queue.getSnapshot();
+    return combinedSnapshot;
 }
 
 void SearchPopup::initLayout()
diff --git a/src/widgets/helper/SearchPopup.hpp b/src/widgets/helper/SearchPopup.hpp
index e8f578fa..03bb0e31 100644
--- a/src/widgets/helper/SearchPopup.hpp
+++ b/src/widgets/helper/SearchPopup.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "ForwardDecl.hpp"
-#include "messages/LimitedQueueSnapshot.hpp"
 #include "widgets/BasePopup.hpp"
 
 #include <memory>
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ private:
     void initLayout();
     void search();
     void addShortcuts() override;
-    LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> buildSnapshot();
+    std::vector<MessagePtr> buildSnapshot();
 
     /**
      * @brief Only retains those message from a list of messages that satisfy a
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ private:
      *         "snapshot"
      */
     static ChannelPtr filter(const QString &text, const QString &channelName,
-                             const LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> &snapshot);
+                             const std::vector<MessagePtr> &snapshot);
 
     /**
      * @brief Checks the input for tags and registers their corresponding
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ private:
     static std::vector<std::unique_ptr<MessagePredicate>> parsePredicates(
         const QString &input);
 
-    LimitedQueueSnapshot<MessagePtr> snapshot_;
+    std::vector<MessagePtr> snapshot_;
     QLineEdit *searchInput_{};
     ChannelView *channelView_{};
     QString channelName_{};
diff --git a/tests/src/LimitedQueue.cpp b/tests/src/LimitedQueue.cpp
index aa77bfca..d6aa5082 100644
--- a/tests/src/LimitedQueue.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/LimitedQueue.cpp
@@ -6,55 +6,12 @@
 
 using namespace chatterino;
 
-namespace chatterino {
-
 template <typename T>
-std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os,
-                         const LimitedQueueSnapshot<T> &snapshot)
-{
-    os << "[ ";
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < snapshot.size(); ++i)
-    {
-        os << snapshot[i] << ' ';
-    }
-    os << "]";
-
-    return os;
-}
-
-}  // namespace chatterino
-
-namespace std {
-template <typename T>
-std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, const vector<T> &vec)
-{
-    os << "[ ";
-    for (const auto &item : vec)
-    {
-        os << item << ' ';
-    }
-    os << "]";
-
-    return os;
-}
-}  // namespace std
-
-template <typename T>
-inline void SNAPSHOT_EQUALS(const LimitedQueueSnapshot<T> &snapshot,
+inline void SNAPSHOT_EQUALS(const std::vector<T> &snapshot,
                             const std::vector<T> &values,
                             const std::string &msg)
 {
-    SCOPED_TRACE(msg);
-    ASSERT_EQ(snapshot.size(), values.size())
-        << "snapshot = " << snapshot << " values = " << values;
-
-    if (snapshot.size() != values.size())
-        return;
-
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < snapshot.size(); ++i)
-    {
-        EXPECT_EQ(snapshot[i], values[i]) << "i = " << i;
-    }
+    EXPECT_EQ(snapshot, values) << msg;
 }
 
 TEST(LimitedQueue, PushBack)