diff --git a/src/Gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 2bf2d84286..475ae351b4 100644
--- a/src/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ else(WIN32)
     INSTALL(TARGETS FreeCADGui
         LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
     )
-    #INSTALL(FILES Icons/freecad.xpm
+    #INSTALL(FILES
     #    Icons/freecad-icon-16.png
     #    Icons/freecad-icon-32.png
     #    Icons/freecad-icon-48.png
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ else(WIN32)
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     INSTALL(FILES Icons/freecad.svg DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps RENAME org.freecad.FreeCAD.svg)
-    INSTALL(FILES Icons/freecad.xpm DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/pixmaps)
+    INSTALL(FILES Icons/freecad.svg DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/pixmaps)
     INSTALL(FILES Icons/freecad-doc.svg DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes RENAME application-x-extension-fcstd.svg)
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diff --git a/src/Gui/Icons/button_up.xpm b/src/Gui/Icons/button_up.xpm
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index a1030160d4..0000000000
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diff --git a/src/Gui/Icons/freecad.xpm b/src/Gui/Icons/freecad.xpm
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/src/Gui/Icons/resource.qrc b/src/Gui/Icons/resource.qrc
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