diff --git a/apps/rss_feeds/icon_importer.py b/apps/rss_feeds/icon_importer.py
index 832689b21..77af26ca0 100644
--- a/apps/rss_feeds/icon_importer.py
+++ b/apps/rss_feeds/icon_importer.py
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ class IconImporter(object):
             image, image_file, icon_url = self.fetch_image_from_path(force=self.force)
 
         if image:
-            try:
-                ico_image = self.load_icon(image_file)
-                if ico_image: image = ico_image
-            except ValueError:
-                # print "Bad .ICO"
-                pass
             image     = self.normalize_image(image)
             try:
                 color     = self.determine_dominant_color_in_image(image)
@@ -95,6 +89,8 @@ class IconImporter(object):
         
     def load_icon(self, image_file, index=None):
         '''
+        DEPRECATED
+        
         Load Windows ICO image.
 
         See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=264332061 for file format
@@ -167,7 +163,7 @@ class IconImporter(object):
                 string = image_file.read(size)
                 mask = Image.frombytes('1', image.size, string, 'raw',
                                        ('1;I', stride, -1))
-
+                
                 image = image.convert('RGBA')
                 image.putalpha(mask)