diff --git a/src/defaults.c b/src/defaults.c
index 2d8fea99..4284b57b 100644
--- a/src/defaults.c
+++ b/src/defaults.c
@@ -770,51 +770,6 @@ static void appendMenu(WMPropList * destarr, WMPropList * array)
 }
 #endif
 
-/* Fixup paths for cached pixmaps from .AppInfo to Library/WindowMaker/... */
-static Bool fixupCachedPixmapsPaths(WMPropList * dict)
-{
-	WMPropList *allApps, *app, *props, *iconkey, *icon, *newicon;
-	char *path, *fixedpath, *ptr, *search;
-	int i, len, slen;
-	Bool changed = False;
-
-	search = "/.AppInfo/WindowMaker/";
-	slen = strlen(search);
-
-	iconkey = WMCreatePLString("Icon");
-	allApps = WMGetPLDictionaryKeys(dict);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < WMGetPropListItemCount(allApps); i++) {
-		app = WMGetFromPLArray(allApps, i);
-		props = WMGetFromPLDictionary(dict, app);
-		if (!props)
-			continue;
-		icon = WMGetFromPLDictionary(props, iconkey);
-		if (icon && WMIsPLString(icon)) {
-			path = WMGetFromPLString(icon);
-			ptr = strstr(path, search);
-			if (ptr) {
-				changed = True;
-				len = (ptr - path);
-				fixedpath = wmalloc(strlen(path) + 32);
-				strncpy(fixedpath, path, len);
-				fixedpath[len] = 0;
-				strcat(fixedpath, "/Library/WindowMaker/CachedPixmaps/");
-				strcat(fixedpath, ptr + slen);
-				newicon = WMCreatePLString(fixedpath);
-				WMPutInPLDictionary(props, iconkey, newicon);
-				WMReleasePropList(newicon);
-				wfree(fixedpath);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	WMReleasePropList(allApps);
-	WMReleasePropList(iconkey);
-
-	return changed;
-}
-
 void wDefaultsMergeGlobalMenus(WDDomain * menuDomain)
 {
 	WMPropList *menu = menuDomain->dictionary;
@@ -909,15 +864,6 @@ WDDomain *wDefaultsInitDomain(char *domain, Bool requireDictionary)
 				db->dictionary = NULL;
 				wwarning(_("Domain %s (%s) of defaults database is corrupted!"), domain, the_path);
 			}
-			if (strcmp(domain, "WMWindowAttributes") == 0 && db->dictionary) {
-				if (fixupCachedPixmapsPaths(db->dictionary)) {
-					WMWritePropListToFile(db->dictionary, db->path, True);
-					/* re-read the timestamp. if this fails take current time */
-					if (stat(db->path, &stbuf) < 0) {
-						stbuf.st_mtime = time(NULL);
-					}
-				}
-			}
 			db->timestamp = stbuf.st_mtime;
 		} else {
 			wwarning(_("could not load domain %s from user defaults database"), domain);