diff --git a/src/st/st-texture-cache.c b/src/st/st-texture-cache.c
index adffafaba..850c0d697 100644
--- a/src/st/st-texture-cache.c
+++ b/src/st/st-texture-cache.c
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
 #define CACHE_PREFIX_FILE "file:"
 #define CACHE_PREFIX_FILE_FOR_CAIRO "file-for-cairo:"
 
-#define IMAGE_MISSING_ICON_NAME "image-missing"
-
 struct _StTextureCachePrivate
 {
   GtkIconTheme *icon_theme;
@@ -996,15 +994,7 @@ st_texture_cache_load_gicon (StTextureCache    *cache,
                                                    size, scale,
                                                    lookup_flags);
   if (info == NULL)
-    {
-      /* Do not give up without even trying to pick the image-missing fallback icon. */
-      info = gtk_icon_theme_lookup_icon_for_scale (theme,
-                                                   IMAGE_MISSING_ICON_NAME,
-                                                   size, scale,
-                                                   GTK_ICON_LOOKUP_USE_BUILTIN);
-      if (info == NULL)
-        return NULL;
-    }
+    return NULL;
 
   gicon_string = g_icon_to_string (icon);
   /* A return value of NULL indicates that the icon can not be serialized,