diff --git a/includes/skins/SkinMinerva.php b/includes/skins/SkinMinerva.php
index 0ba5aa355..3283267a4 100644
--- a/includes/skins/SkinMinerva.php
+++ b/includes/skins/SkinMinerva.php
@@ -859,7 +859,6 @@ class SkinMinerva extends SkinTemplate {
 			$styles[] = 'skins.minerva.mainPage.styles';
 		} elseif ( $this->getUserPageHelper()->isUserPage() ) {
 			$styles[] = 'skins.minerva.userpage.styles';
-			$styles[] = 'skins.minerva.userpage.icons';
 		} elseif ( $this->isTalkPageWithViewAction() ) {
 			$styles[] = 'skins.minerva.talk.styles';
 		}
diff --git a/resources/skins.minerva.userpage.icons/talk.svg b/resources/skins.minerva.userpage.icons/talk.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index b69cf67a6..000000000
--- a/resources/skins.minerva.userpage.icons/talk.svg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="40" height="30" viewBox="0 0 40 30">
-	<title>
-		talkpage
-	</title>
-	<path fill="#36c" fill-rule="evenodd" d="M36 9v17.182L40 30H13V9h23.143H36zm-9-9v8H12v13H0l4-4c-.143.182-.143-17 0-17h23z"/>
-</svg>
diff --git a/skin.json b/skin.json
index 6a0addea9..bd811ea44 100644
--- a/skin.json
+++ b/skin.json
@@ -459,13 +459,6 @@
 				"resources/skins.minerva.mainPage.styles/common.less"
 			]
 		},
-		"skins.minerva.userpage.icons": {
-			"class": "ResourceLoaderImageModule",
-			"selector": ".mw-ui-icon-mf-{name}:before",
-			"images": {
-				"talk": "resources/skins.minerva.userpage.icons/talk.svg"
-			}
-		},
 		"skins.minerva.userpage.styles": {
 			"targets": [
 				"mobile",