diff --git a/docs/custom_theme/img/favicon.ico b/docs/custom_theme/img/favicon.ico
deleted file mode 100644
index 19b2de71d1b2..000000000000
Binary files a/docs/custom_theme/img/favicon.ico and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 71393f1f2846..17c6dfd278f7 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ plugins:
   - exclude:
       glob:
         - "*.etag"
+        - custom_theme/*
         - Dockerfile.serve-dev
         - k0s
         - k0s.exe