diff --git a/extensions/BMO/Extension.pm b/extensions/BMO/Extension.pm
index c46438f99d..418998da74 100644
--- a/extensions/BMO/Extension.pm
+++ b/extensions/BMO/Extension.pm
@@ -2786,6 +2786,7 @@ sub app_startup {
   my $app = $args->{app};
   my $r   = $app->routes;
 
+  delete $app->static->extra->{'favicon.ico'};
   $r->get(
     '/favicon.ico' => sub {
       my $c = shift;
diff --git a/public/favicon.ico b/public/favicon.ico
deleted file mode 100644
index c14fec40a5..0000000000
Binary files a/public/favicon.ico and /dev/null differ