diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4c3742e..39bc6d6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,15 +26,6 @@ install-local:
 	# background files
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/images/desktop-base
 	cd $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/images/desktop-base && ln -s $(DEFAULT_BACKGROUND) default
-	# emblems
-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/icons/hicolor/36x36/emblems
-	$(INSTALL) $(wildcard icons/36x36/emblems/*) $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/icons/hicolor/36x36/emblems
-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/emblems
-	$(INSTALL) $(wildcard icons/64x64/emblems/*) $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/emblems
-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/emblems
-	$(INSTALL) $(wildcard icons/128x128/emblems/*) $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/emblems
-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/emblems
-	$(INSTALL) $(wildcard icons/scalable/emblems/*) $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/emblems
 	# desktop files
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/desktop-base
 	$(INSTALL) $(DESKTOPFILES) $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/desktop-base/
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 71c5fb8..c76d3f8 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ They are based on the Debian “Open Use” Logo (without the “Debian” label
 The .desktop files and xml configuration files in this package were compiled by
 desktop-base contributors.
 
-icons/*/emblems/emblem-debian.{png,svg} are different versions of the Debian
+emblems-debian/emblem-debian*.svg are different versions of the Debian
 “Open Use” Logo (without the “Debian” label).
 
 The SDDM QML script is © 2016 David Edmundson and adapted for Debian by
diff --git a/icons/128x128/emblems/emblem-debian.icon b/icons/128x128/emblems/emblem-debian.icon
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fbbb0a..0000000
--- a/icons/128x128/emblems/emblem-debian.icon
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Icon Data]
-DisplayName=Debian
diff --git a/icons/128x128/emblems/emblem-debian.png b/icons/128x128/emblems/emblem-debian.png
deleted file mode 100644
index e3310a9..0000000
Binary files a/icons/128x128/emblems/emblem-debian.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/icons/36x36/emblems/emblem-debian.icon b/icons/36x36/emblems/emblem-debian.icon
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fbbb0a..0000000
--- a/icons/36x36/emblems/emblem-debian.icon
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Icon Data]
-DisplayName=Debian
diff --git a/icons/36x36/emblems/emblem-debian.png b/icons/36x36/emblems/emblem-debian.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e97afd..0000000
Binary files a/icons/36x36/emblems/emblem-debian.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/icons/64x64/emblems/emblem-debian.icon b/icons/64x64/emblems/emblem-debian.icon
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fbbb0a..0000000
--- a/icons/64x64/emblems/emblem-debian.icon
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Icon Data]
-DisplayName=Debian
diff --git a/icons/64x64/emblems/emblem-debian.png b/icons/64x64/emblems/emblem-debian.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 070975a..0000000
Binary files a/icons/64x64/emblems/emblem-debian.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/icons/scalable/emblems/emblem-debian.icon b/icons/scalable/emblems/emblem-debian.icon
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fbbb0a..0000000
--- a/icons/scalable/emblems/emblem-debian.icon
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[Icon Data]
-DisplayName=Debian