diff --git a/stapler/data_dir.py b/stapler/data_dir.py
index b805b6c..8608772 100644
--- a/stapler/data_dir.py
+++ b/stapler/data_dir.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class DataDir:
     ]
 
     PATH_REGEX = re.compile(r"^[\w-]+$")
-    NEEDED_FILES: typing.ClassVar[list[str]] = ["favicon.ico", "robots.txt"]
+    NEEDED_FILES: typing.ClassVar[list[str]] = ["robots.txt"]
 
     def __init__(self, root_path: str) -> None:
         self.logger: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger(self.__class__.__name__)
diff --git a/stapler/favicon.ico b/stapler/favicon.ico
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b35660..0000000
Binary files a/stapler/favicon.ico and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/stapler/handlers.py b/stapler/handlers.py
index c423965..cf95d4c 100644
--- a/stapler/handlers.py
+++ b/stapler/handlers.py
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ class RequestHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, BaseHandler):
     UPDATE_PATH_REGEX = re.compile(r"^\/([\w-]+)\/?$")
     GET_PATH_REGEX = re.compile(r"^\/([\w-]+)($|\/)")
     HOST_PART_REGEX = re.compile(r"^([a-z0-9]|[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]{,61}[a-z0-9])$")
-    AUTHORIZED_PATHS: typing.ClassVar[list[str]] = ["/favicon.ico", "/robots.txt"]
+    AUTHORIZED_PATHS: typing.ClassVar[list[str]] = ["/robots.txt"]
     TOKEN_HEADER = "X-Token"  # noqa: S105
     HOST_HEADER = "X-Host"
     HOST_ONLY_HEADER = "X-Host-Only"
diff --git a/tests/test_handlers.py b/tests/test_handlers.py
index 6f8fdc5..aa9bad6 100644
--- a/tests/test_handlers.py
+++ b/tests/test_handlers.py
@@ -1227,12 +1227,12 @@ class TestRequestHandler(BaseHandlerTestCase):
         with (
             self.patch_call(
                 "http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.translate_path",
-                ["/favicon.ico"],
+                ["/robots.txt"],
             ),
             self.seal_mocks(),
         ):
             self.assertEqual(
-                handler.translate_path("/favicon.ico"),
+                handler.translate_path("/robots.txt"),
                 None,
             )
 
@@ -1269,12 +1269,12 @@ class TestRequestHandler(BaseHandlerTestCase):
             self.mock_call(self.registry.get_from_host, ["example.com"], Page("path")),
             self.patch_call(
                 "http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.translate_path",
-                ["/favicon.ico"],
+                ["/robots.txt"],
             ),
             self.seal_mocks(),
         ):
             self.assertEqual(
-                handler.translate_path("/favicon.ico"),
+                handler.translate_path("/robots.txt"),
                 None,
             )