diff --git a/gtk/gtkrecentmanager.c b/gtk/gtkrecentmanager.c
index 6ebebf3ea9..b241ba251f 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkrecentmanager.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkrecentmanager.c
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
 #include "gtkrecentmanager.h"
 #include "gtkintl.h"
 #include "gtksettings.h"
-#include "gtkicontheme.h"
 #include "gtktypebuiltins.h"
 #include "gtkprivate.h"
 #include "gtkmarshalers.h"
@@ -160,8 +159,6 @@ struct _GtkRecentInfo
 
   gboolean is_private;
 
-  GdkPixbuf *icon;
-
   gint ref_count;
 };
 
@@ -1548,9 +1545,6 @@ gtk_recent_info_free (GtkRecentInfo *recent_info)
 
   g_slist_free_full (recent_info->groups, g_free);
 
-  if (recent_info->icon)
-    g_object_unref (recent_info->icon);
-
   g_free (recent_info);
 }