diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 08b2014..ae909e1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ package_windows:
     # pipenv dependency resolution is platform dependant; pyinstaller has extra dependency on Windows -> resolve at package time
     - C:\\Python310\\python.exe -m pipenv install --dev --skip-lock
   script:
-    - C:\\Python310\\python.exe -m pipenv run pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --name "${WINDOWS_AMD64_BINARY}" -i src/fime/icons/appointment-new.svg src/fime/main.py
+    - C:\\Python310\\python.exe -m pipenv run pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --name "${WINDOWS_AMD64_BINARY}" -i icon.ico src/fime/main.py
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - dist/fime_windows_*
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index eaafba3..a9ef257 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ requests-futures = "~=1.0"
 pyinstaller = "~=5.1"
 # wheel packaging on linux is sufficient
 build = {version = "~=0.8", sys_platform = "== 'linux'" }
-# used by pyinstaller to set exe icon
-pillow = { version = "*", sys_platform = "== 'win32'"}
 
 [requires]
 python_version = "3.10"
diff --git a/icon.ico b/icon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8021da
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