diff --git a/src/gui/guiiconprovider.cpp b/src/gui/guiiconprovider.cpp
index b14431b86..292061c8d 100644
--- a/src/gui/guiiconprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/guiiconprovider.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ QIcon GuiIconProvider::getIcon(const QString &iconId, const QString &fallback) c
         QIcon icon = QIcon::fromTheme(iconId);
         if (icon.name() != iconId)
             icon = QIcon::fromTheme(fallback, QIcon(IconProvider::getIconPath(iconId)));
-        icon = generateDifferentSizes(icon);
         return icon;
     }
 #else
@@ -86,41 +85,6 @@ QIcon GuiIconProvider::getFlagIcon(const QString &countryIsoCode) const
     return QIcon(":/icons/flags/" + countryIsoCode.toLower() + ".svg");
 }
 
-// Makes sure the icon is at least available in 16px and 24px size
-// It scales the icon from the theme if necessary
-// Otherwise, the UI looks broken if the icon is not available
-// in the correct size.
-#if (defined(Q_OS_UNIX) && !defined(Q_OS_MAC))
-QIcon GuiIconProvider::generateDifferentSizes(const QIcon &icon) const
-{
-    // if icon is loaded from SVG format, it already contains all the required sizes and we shall not resize it
-    // In that case it will be available in the following sizes:
-    // (QSize(16, 16), QSize(22, 22), QSize(32, 32), QSize(48, 48), QSize(64, 64), QSize(128, 128), QSize(256, 256))
-
-    if (icon.availableSizes(QIcon::Normal, QIcon::On).size() > 6)
-        return icon;
-
-    QIcon newIcon;
-    const QVector<QSize> requiredSizes {{16, 16}, {24, 24}, {32, 32}};
-    const QVector<QIcon::Mode> modes {QIcon::Normal, QIcon::Active, QIcon::Selected, QIcon::Disabled};
-    for (const QSize &size : requiredSizes) {
-        for (const QIcon::Mode mode : modes) {
-            QPixmap pixoff = icon.pixmap(size, mode, QIcon::Off);
-            if (pixoff.height() > size.height())
-                pixoff = pixoff.scaled(size, Qt::KeepAspectRatio,  Qt::SmoothTransformation);
-            newIcon.addPixmap(pixoff, mode, QIcon::Off);
-
-            QPixmap pixon = icon.pixmap(size, mode, QIcon::On);
-            if (pixon.height() > size.height())
-                pixon = pixoff.scaled(size, Qt::KeepAspectRatio,  Qt::SmoothTransformation);
-            newIcon.addPixmap(pixon, mode, QIcon::On);
-        }
-    }
-
-    return newIcon;
-}
-#endif
-
 QString GuiIconProvider::getIconPath(const QString &iconId) const
 {
 #if (defined(Q_OS_UNIX) && !defined(Q_OS_MAC))
diff --git a/src/gui/guiiconprovider.h b/src/gui/guiiconprovider.h
index 4bc0d4e7f..5f6c58657 100644
--- a/src/gui/guiiconprovider.h
+++ b/src/gui/guiiconprovider.h
@@ -54,9 +54,8 @@ private slots:
 private:
     explicit GuiIconProvider(QObject *parent = nullptr);
     ~GuiIconProvider();
-#if (defined(Q_OS_UNIX) && !defined(Q_OS_MAC))
-    QIcon generateDifferentSizes(const QIcon &icon) const;
 
+#if (defined(Q_OS_UNIX) && !defined(Q_OS_MAC))
     bool m_useSystemTheme;
 #endif
 };