diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
index add0796..8b23f98 100644
--- a/config.sh
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ rpm -qa | grep "^cpp" | xargs -r rpm -e --nodeps
 
 # GTK 3 hard-requires this for some reason. The only GTK3 application is Firefox,
 # which has its own icons and we have breeze for the rest.
-[ "$desktop" = "kde" -o "$desktop" = "x11" ] && rpm -e --nodeps adwaita-icon-theme
+[ "$desktop" = "kde" ] && rpm -e --nodeps adwaita-icon-theme
 
 # Workaround until dropped from xfce4-branding-openSUSE
 [ "$desktop" = "x11" -o "$desktop" = "xfce" ] && rpm -e --nodeps noto-coloremoji-fonts
diff --git a/livecd-openSUSE.changes b/livecd-openSUSE.changes
index a6d020f..208e4f4 100644
--- a/livecd-openSUSE.changes
+++ b/livecd-openSUSE.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 13 13:42:35 UTC 2021 - Dominique Leuenberger <dleuenberger@suse.com>
+
+- No longer remove adwaita-icon-theme on x11 Rescue CD: xfce 4.16's
+  updated icon theme inherits Adwaita (boo#1180853).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 12 07:33:10 UTC 2021 - Dominique Leuenberger <dleuenberger@suse.com>