diff --git a/icons/Color/16/window-close.png b/icons/Color/16/window-close.png
deleted file mode 100644
index adefbe3914..0000000000
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diff --git a/icons/Color/icon-list.mk b/icons/Color/icon-list.mk
index e4b8d43e2f..875f85b101 100644
--- a/icons/Color/icon-list.mk
+++ b/icons/Color/icon-list.mk
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ scalable_images = \
 	scalable/system-run.svg					\
 	scalable/view-fullscreen.svg				\
 	scalable/view-refresh.svg				\
-	scalable/window-close.svg				\
 	scalable/window-new.svg					\
 	scalable/zoom-fit-best.svg				\
 	scalable/zoom-in.svg					\
@@ -593,7 +592,6 @@ icons16_images = \
 	16/system-run.png					\
 	16/view-fullscreen.png					\
 	16/view-refresh.png					\
-	16/window-close.png					\
 	16/window-new.png					\
 	16/zoom-fit-best.png					\
 	16/zoom-in.png						\
diff --git a/icons/Color/scalable/window-close.svg b/icons/Color/scalable/window-close.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index ebaf5898f8..0000000000
--- a/icons/Color/scalable/window-close.svg
+++ /dev/null
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diff --git a/icons/Symbolic/icon-list.mk b/icons/Symbolic/icon-list.mk
index a3bb090f90..1e941b6c51 100644
--- a/icons/Symbolic/icon-list.mk
+++ b/icons/Symbolic/icon-list.mk
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ scalable_images = \
 	scalable/system-run-symbolic.svg					\
 	scalable/view-fullscreen-symbolic.svg				\
 	scalable/view-refresh-symbolic.svg				\
-	scalable/window-close-symbolic.svg				\
 	scalable/window-new-symbolic.svg					\
 	scalable/zoom-fit-best-symbolic.svg				\
 	scalable/zoom-in-symbolic.svg					\
@@ -593,7 +592,6 @@ icons16_images = \
 	16/system-run-symbolic.symbolic.png					\
 	16/view-fullscreen-symbolic.symbolic.png				\
 	16/view-refresh-symbolic.symbolic.png					\
-	16/window-close-symbolic.symbolic.png					\
 	16/window-new-symbolic.symbolic.png					\
 	16/zoom-fit-best-symbolic.symbolic.png					\
 	16/zoom-in-symbolic.symbolic.png					\
diff --git a/icons/Symbolic/scalable/window-close-symbolic.svg b/icons/Symbolic/scalable/window-close-symbolic.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index fffc26546d..0000000000
--- a/icons/Symbolic/scalable/window-close-symbolic.svg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
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-   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
-   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
-   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
-   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
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diff --git a/icons/meson.build b/icons/meson.build
index 40a9e64058..0a41a97581 100644
--- a/icons/meson.build
+++ b/icons/meson.build
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ color_vector_scalable = [
   'scalable/system-run.svg',
   'scalable/view-fullscreen.svg',
   'scalable/view-refresh.svg',
-  'scalable/window-close.svg',
   'scalable/window-new.svg',
   'scalable/zoom-fit-best.svg',
   'scalable/zoom-in.svg',
@@ -578,7 +577,6 @@ symbolic_vector_scalable = [
   'scalable/system-run-symbolic.svg',
   'scalable/view-fullscreen-symbolic.svg',
   'scalable/view-refresh-symbolic.svg',
-  'scalable/window-close-symbolic.svg',
   'scalable/window-new-symbolic.svg',
   'scalable/zoom-fit-best-symbolic.svg',
   'scalable/zoom-in-symbolic.svg',
@@ -1324,7 +1322,6 @@ bitmap_16 = [
   '16/system-run.png',
   '16/view-fullscreen.png',
   '16/view-refresh.png',
-  '16/window-close.png',
   '16/window-new.png',
   '16/zoom-fit-best.png',
   '16/zoom-in.png',