diff --git a/assets/favicon.ico b/assets/favicon.ico
deleted file mode 100644
index f9f38493b..000000000
Binary files a/assets/favicon.ico and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/paths.js b/src/paths.js
index 944b37f4a..31936c003 100644
--- a/src/paths.js
+++ b/src/paths.js
@@ -28,7 +28,5 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     CLOUDRON_AVATAR_FILE: path.join(config.baseDir(), 'data/box/avatar.png'),
     CLOUDRON_DEFAULT_AVATAR_FILE: path.join(__dirname + '/../assets/avatar.png'),
 
-    FAVICON_FILE: path.join(__dirname + '/../assets/favicon.ico'),
-
     UPDATE_CHECKER_FILE: path.join(config.baseDir(), 'data/box/updatechecker.json')
 };
diff --git a/src/routes/test/settings-test.js b/src/routes/test/settings-test.js
index db948a8bb..c95eba93a 100644
--- a/src/routes/test/settings-test.js
+++ b/src/routes/test/settings-test.js
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ describe('Settings API', function () {
         it('set succeeds', function (done) {
             request.post(SERVER_URL + '/api/v1/settings/cloudron_avatar')
                    .query({ access_token: token })
-                   .attach('avatar', paths.FAVICON_FILE)
+                   .attach('avatar', paths.CLOUDRON_DEFAULT_AVATAR_FILE)
                    .end(function (err, res) {
                 expect(res.statusCode).to.equal(202);
                 done();
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ describe('Settings API', function () {
                    .query({ access_token: token })
                    .end(function (err, res) {
                 expect(res.statusCode).to.equal(200);
-                expect(res.body.toString()).to.eql(fs.readFileSync(paths.FAVICON_FILE, 'utf-8'));
+                expect(res.body.toString()).to.eql(fs.readFileSync(paths.CLOUDRON_DEFAULT_AVATAR_FILE, 'utf-8'));
                 done(err);
             });
         });
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index da05a85ce..f8a3de374 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ function initializeExpressSync() {
        .use(json)
        .use(urlencoded)
        .use(middleware.cookieParser())
-       .use(middleware.favicon(paths.FAVICON_FILE)) // used when serving oauth login page
        .use(middleware.cors({ origins: [ '*' ], allowCredentials: true }))
        .use(middleware.session({ secret: 'yellow is blue', resave: true, saveUninitialized: true, cookie: { path: '/', httpOnly: true, secure: false, maxAge: 600000 } }))
        .use(passport.initialize())