diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5c5f567..b7bf8e5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,14 +44,6 @@ CSS_FILES 		=
 RESOURCE_DIRS 	= resources 
 RESOURCE_FLS	= 
 
-# FAVICON
-# [relative to PROJECT_DIR]
-FAVICON 		= favicon.png
-APPLE_ICON_SIZES 	= 60x60 120x120
-WINDOWS_ICON_SIZES 	= 144x144
-ANDROID_ICON_SIZES 	= 144x144 512x512
-FAVICON_ICON_SIZES 	= 16x16 32x32 64x64
-
 # THUMBNAILS:
 # if set, thumbnails for all resource files having an extension in THUMB_FOR_TYPES will be generated and placed relative to THUMB_OUT_DIR
 # [relative to OUT_DIR]
@@ -159,15 +151,6 @@ ML_OUT_DIRS		= $(foreach lang, $(LANGS), $(patsubst $(_COMMON_DIR)/%, $(ML_OUT_D
 ML_OUT_FLS 		= $(foreach lang, $(LANGS), $(patsubst $(_COMMON_DIR)/%, $(ML_OUT_DIR)/$(lang)/%, $(_ML_SRC_FLS)))
 endif
 
-ifdef FAVICON
-_FAVICON 		= $(addprefix $(PROJECT_DIR)/,$(FACIVON))
-APPLE_ICONS 	= $(addsuffix .png,$(addprefix apple-touch-icon-,$(APPLE_ICON_SIZES)))
-WINDOWS_ICONS 	= $(addsuffix .png,$(addprefix mstile-,$(WINDOWS_ICON_SIZES)))
-ANDROID_ICONS 	= $(addsuffix .png,$(addprefix android-chrome-,$(ANDROID_ICON_SIZES)))
-FAVICON_ICONS 	= $(addsuffix .png,$(addprefix favicon-,$(FAVICON_ICON_SIZES)))
-FAVICONS 		= $(addprefix $(OUT_DIR)/,$(APPLE_ICONS) $(WINDOWS_ICONS) $(ANDROID_ICONS) $(FAVICON_ICONS))
-endif
-
 ifdef THUMB_OUT_DIR
 # files for which to generate thumbnails
 _THUMB_FLS 		= $(filter $(foreach type, $(THUMB_FOR_TYPES), %.$(type)), $(_RES_FLS))
@@ -206,17 +189,15 @@ FMT_OUT_ML_OTHER="\e[1;34mBuilding\e[0m in lang \e[1;34m%s\e[0m: \e[1;33m%s\e[0m
 .SUFFIXES:
 .SUFFIXES: .html .md
 
-.PHONY: default normal multilang resources sitemap favicons thumbnails print start stop clean cleaner
+.PHONY: default normal multilang resources print start stop clean cleaner
 
 .DEFAULT_GOAL 	= all
 
 # include all the dependency makefiles
 include $(_DEP_FLS)
 
-all: normal multilang resources thumbnails sitemap favicons
-normal:	$(OUT_FLS)
-sitemap: $(_SITEMAP) 
-favicons: $(FAVICONS)
+all: normal multilang resources thumbnails
+normal:	$(_SITEMAP) $(OUT_FLS)
 multilang: $(ML_OUT_FLS)
 resources: $(RES_OUT_FLS)
 thumbnails: $(THUMB_OUT_FLS)
@@ -267,13 +248,6 @@ $(foreach out_dir, $(ML_OUT_LANG_DIRS), $(out_dir)/%): $(_COMMON_DIR)/% | $(ML_O
 	cp $< $@
 endif
 
-# FAVICON:
-$(FAVICONS): $(_FAVICON) | $(OUT_DIR) 
-	for size in $(APPLE_ICON_SIZES); do \
-		convert "$<" -size "$$size" "$(FAVICON_DIR)/apple-touch-icon-$$size.png";\
-	done
-
-
 # THUMBNAILS
 $(OUT_DIR)/$(THUMB_OUT_DIR)/%.jpg: | $(THUMB_OUT_DIRS)
 	@fulltarget="$@"; \