diff --git a/apps/files/ajax/mimeicon.php b/apps/files/ajax/mimeicon.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 008ad41953..0000000000
--- a/apps/files/ajax/mimeicon.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * @author Jörn Friedrich Dreyer <jfd@butonic.de>
- * @author Lukas Reschke <lukas@owncloud.com>
- * @author Robin Appelman <icewind@owncloud.com>
- *
- * @copyright Copyright (c) 2015, ownCloud, Inc.
- * @license AGPL-3.0
- *
- * This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
- *
- */
-\OC::$server->getSession()->close();
-
-$mime = isset($_GET['mime']) ? (string)$_GET['mime'] : '';
-
-print OC_Helper::mimetypeIcon($mime);
diff --git a/apps/files/appinfo/routes.php b/apps/files/appinfo/routes.php
index ceeb3cdcc8..5aa52f17a2 100644
--- a/apps/files/appinfo/routes.php
+++ b/apps/files/appinfo/routes.php
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ $this->create('files_ajax_getstoragestats', 'ajax/getstoragestats.php')
 	->actionInclude('files/ajax/getstoragestats.php');
 $this->create('files_ajax_list', 'ajax/list.php')
 	->actionInclude('files/ajax/list.php');
-$this->create('files_ajax_mimeicon', 'ajax/mimeicon.php')
-	->actionInclude('files/ajax/mimeicon.php');
 $this->create('files_ajax_move', 'ajax/move.php')
 	->actionInclude('files/ajax/move.php');
 $this->create('files_ajax_newfile', 'ajax/newfile.php')