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@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ This module contains articles about Spring Web MVC in Spring Boot projects.
 
 ### Relevant Articles:
 
-- [Guide to the Favicon in Spring Boot](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-favicon)
 - [Custom Validation MessageSource in Spring Boot](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-custom-validation-message-source)
 - [Display RSS Feed with Spring MVC](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-mvc-rss-feed)
 - [A Controller, Service and DAO Example with Spring Boot and JSF](https://www.baeldung.com/jsf-spring-boot-controller-service-dao)
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootmvc/config/FaviconConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootmvc/config/FaviconConfiguration.java
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-package com.baeldung.springbootmvc.config;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceHttpRequestHandler;
-
-@Configuration
-public class FaviconConfiguration {
-    @Bean
-    public SimpleUrlHandlerMapping myFaviconHandlerMapping() {
-        SimpleUrlHandlerMapping mapping = new SimpleUrlHandlerMapping();
-        mapping.setOrder(Integer.MIN_VALUE);
-        mapping.setUrlMap(Collections.singletonMap("/favicon.ico", faviconRequestHandler()));
-        return mapping;
-    }
-
-    @Bean
-    protected ResourceHttpRequestHandler faviconRequestHandler() {
-        ResourceHttpRequestHandler requestHandler = new ResourceHttpRequestHandler();
-        ClassPathResource classPathResource = new ClassPathResource("com/baeldung/images");
-        List<Resource> locations = Arrays.asList(classPathResource);
-        requestHandler.setLocations(locations);
-        return requestHandler;
-    }
-
-    // @Controller
-    static class FaviconController {
-
-        @RequestMapping(value = "favicon.ico", method = RequestMethod.GET)
-        @ResponseBody
-        void favicon() {
-        }
-    }
-}
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