diff --git a/app/assets/images/no_project_icon.png b/app/assets/images/no_project_icon.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e9529c67ec..00000000000
Binary files a/app/assets/images/no_project_icon.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index f253ae91306..104ae517a08 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ module ApplicationHelper
       image_tag project.avatar.url, options
     elsif project.avatar_in_git
       image_tag project_avatar_path(project), options
-    elsif options[:only_uploaded]
-      image_tag '/assets/no_project_icon.png', options
     else # generated icon
       project_identicon(project, options)
     end
diff --git a/app/views/projects/edit.html.haml b/app/views/projects/edit.html.haml
index 28de1a778a7..fde9dc45fc6 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/edit.html.haml
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@
               .col-sm-10
                 - if @project.avatar?
                   = project_icon(@project.to_param, alt: '', class: 'avatar s160')
-                - else
-                  = project_icon(@project.to_param, alt: '', class: 'avatar s160', only_uploaded: true)
                 %p.light
                   - if @project.avatar_in_git
                     Project avatar in repository: #{ @project.avatar_in_git }