diff --git a/src/gui/transferlistfilterswidget.cpp b/src/gui/transferlistfilterswidget.cpp
index 550e05584..f254d107f 100644
--- a/src/gui/transferlistfilterswidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/transferlistfilterswidget.cpp
@@ -611,8 +611,10 @@ void TrackerFiltersList::trackerWarning(const QString &hash, const QString &trac
 void TrackerFiltersList::handleFavicoDownload(const QString& url, const QString& filePath)
 {
     QString host = getHost(url);
-    if (!m_trackers.contains(host))
+    if (!m_trackers.contains(host)) {
+        fsutils::forceRemove(filePath);
         return;
+    }
 
     QListWidgetItem *trackerItem = item(rowFromTracker(host));
     QIcon icon(filePath);