diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e8e609c586..ca0ae6f3a5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ game_SRCS := $(shell find OpenRA.Game/ -iname '*.cs')
 game_TARGET = OpenRA.Game.exe
 game_KIND = winexe
 game_LIBS = $(COMMON_LIBS) $(game_DEPS) thirdparty/download/SharpFont.dll thirdparty/download/Open.Nat.dll
-game_FLAGS = -win32icon:OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.ico
 PROGRAMS += game
 game: $(game_TARGET)
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
index 1cc6d5c814..e02b9ba75e 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     <UpgradeBackupLocation>
     </UpgradeBackupLocation>
     <IsWebBootstrapper>false</IsWebBootstrapper>
-    <ApplicationIcon>OpenRA.ico</ApplicationIcon>
     <PublishUrl>publish\</PublishUrl>
     <Install>true</Install>
     <InstallFrom>Disk</InstallFrom>
@@ -352,8 +351,5 @@
       <Install>false</Install>
     </BootstrapperPackage>
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="OpenRA.ico" />
-  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />  
 </Project>