diff --git a/mobile/android/base/gfx/BitmapUtils.java b/mobile/android/base/gfx/BitmapUtils.java
index 53c4f1b6bd23..e4d99356a385 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/gfx/BitmapUtils.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/gfx/BitmapUtils.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import org.mozilla.gecko.R;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.lang.NoSuchFieldException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 
@@ -82,19 +81,6 @@ public final class BitmapUtils {
             return;
         }
 
-        if(data.startsWith("-moz-icon://")) {
-            Uri imageUri = Uri.parse(data);
-            String resource = imageUri.getSchemeSpecificPart();
-            resource = resource.substring(resource.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
-
-            try {
-                Drawable d = context.getPackageManager().getApplicationIcon(resource);
-                loader.onBitmapFound(d);
-            } catch(Exception ex) { }
-
-            return;
-        }
-
         if(data.startsWith("drawable://")) {
             Uri imageUri = Uri.parse(data);
             int id = getResource(imageUri, R.drawable.ic_status_logo);
@@ -296,28 +282,11 @@ public final class BitmapUtils {
         if ("drawable".equals(scheme)) {
             String resource = resourceUrl.getSchemeSpecificPart();
             resource = resource.substring(resource.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
-
             try {
                 final Class<R.drawable> drawableClass = R.drawable.class;
                 final Field f = drawableClass.getField(resource);
                 icon = f.getInt(null);
-            } catch (final NoSuchFieldException e1) {
-
-                // just means the resource doesn't exist for fennec. Check in Android resources
-                try {
-                    final Class<android.R.drawable> drawableClass = android.R.drawable.class;
-                    final Field f = drawableClass.getField(resource);
-                    icon = f.getInt(null);
-                } catch (final NoSuchFieldException e2) {
-                    // This drawable doesn't seem to exist...
-                } catch(Exception e3) {
-                    Log.i(LOGTAG, "Exception getting drawable", e3);
-                }
-
-            } catch (Exception e4) {
-              Log.i(LOGTAG, "Exception getting drawable", e4);
-            }
-
+            } catch (final Exception e) {} // just means the resource doesn't exist
             resourceUrl = null;
         }
         return icon;