diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index 77fadd3..2dcbebc 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -101,14 +101,6 @@ let pageDependencies = {};
 async function handlePageRequest(req, res, next) {
     try {
         let path = req.url;
-        if (path === '/favicon.ico') {
-            // while the HTML template contains a link tag that suppress the
-            // loading of favicon.ico, the browser could ask for it still if
-            // the page fails to load
-            let err = new Error('File not found');
-            err.status = 404;
-            throw err;
-        }
         let noJS = (req.query.js === '0');
         let target = (req.isSpider() || noJS) ? 'seo' : 'hydrate';
         let page = await PageRenderer.generate(path, target);