diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/images/favicon-16x16.png b/src/librustdoc/html/static/images/favicon-16x16.png
deleted file mode 100644
index ea4b45cae161..000000000000
Binary files a/src/librustdoc/html/static/images/favicon-16x16.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static_files.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/static_files.rs
index ca9a78f51b38..d8874c2fda0a 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static_files.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static_files.rs
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ static_files! {
     license_mit => "static/LICENSE-MIT.txt",
     rust_logo_svg => "static/images/rust-logo.svg",
     rust_favicon_svg => "static/images/favicon.svg",
-    rust_favicon_png_16 => "static/images/favicon-16x16.png",
     rust_favicon_png_32 => "static/images/favicon-32x32.png",
     fira_sans_regular => "static/fonts/FiraSans-Regular.woff2",
     fira_sans_medium => "static/fonts/FiraSans-Medium.woff2",
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/templates/page.html b/src/librustdoc/html/templates/page.html
index 0e7f7ab2b100..0941f758de57 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/templates/page.html
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/templates/page.html
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@
     {% if !layout.favicon.is_empty() %}
         <link rel="icon" href="{{layout.favicon}}"> {# #}
     {% else %}
-        <link rel="alternate icon" type="image/png" {#+ #}
-            href="{{static_root_path|safe}}{{files.rust_favicon_png_16}}"> {# #}
         <link rel="alternate icon" type="image/png" {#+ #}
             href="{{static_root_path|safe}}{{files.rust_favicon_png_32}}"> {# #}
         <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" {#+ #}