diff --git a/gio/glocalfileinfo.c b/gio/glocalfileinfo.c
index 801695ad0..86bbb225b 100644
--- a/gio/glocalfileinfo.c
+++ b/gio/glocalfileinfo.c
@@ -1634,7 +1634,6 @@ _g_local_file_info_get_nostat (GFileInfo              *info,
 
 static const char *
 get_icon_name (const char *path,
-               const char *content_type,
                gboolean    use_symbolic,
                gboolean   *with_fallbacks_out)
 {
@@ -1679,10 +1678,6 @@ get_icon_name (const char *path,
     {
       name = use_symbolic ? "folder-videos-symbolic" : "folder-videos";
     }
-  else if (g_content_type_is_mime_type (content_type,"inode/directory"))
-    {
-      name = use_symbolic ? "folder-symbolic" : "folder";
-    }
   else
     {
       name = NULL;
@@ -1703,7 +1698,7 @@ get_icon (const char *path,
   const char *icon_name;
   gboolean with_fallbacks;
 
-  icon_name = get_icon_name (path, content_type, use_symbolic, &with_fallbacks);
+  icon_name = get_icon_name (path, use_symbolic, &with_fallbacks);
   if (icon_name != NULL)
     {
       if (with_fallbacks)