diff --git a/icons/thumbnail_frame.png b/icons/thumbnail_frame.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 674b648bc..000000000
Binary files a/icons/thumbnail_frame.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/nautilus-file.c b/src/nautilus-file.c
index 3f5d1399c..9498e81e4 100644
--- a/src/nautilus-file.c
+++ b/src/nautilus-file.c
@@ -5261,10 +5261,6 @@ nautilus_file_get_thumbnail_icon (NautilusFile          *file,
                     {
                         nautilus_ui_frame_video (&pixbuf);
                     }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        nautilus_ui_frame_image (&pixbuf);
-                    }
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/nautilus-ui-utilities.c b/src/nautilus-ui-utilities.c
index 195f765f9..79a624a14 100644
--- a/src/nautilus-ui-utilities.c
+++ b/src/nautilus-ui-utilities.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 #include <gio/gio.h>
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
-#include <libgd/gd.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
 
@@ -68,30 +67,6 @@ nautilus_gmenu_set_from_model (GMenu      *target_menu,
     }
 }
 
-#define NAUTILUS_THUMBNAIL_FRAME_LEFT 3
-#define NAUTILUS_THUMBNAIL_FRAME_TOP 3
-#define NAUTILUS_THUMBNAIL_FRAME_RIGHT 3
-#define NAUTILUS_THUMBNAIL_FRAME_BOTTOM 3
-
-void
-nautilus_ui_frame_image (GdkPixbuf **pixbuf)
-{
-    GtkBorder border;
-    GdkPixbuf *pixbuf_with_frame;
-
-    border.left = NAUTILUS_THUMBNAIL_FRAME_LEFT;
-    border.top = NAUTILUS_THUMBNAIL_FRAME_TOP;
-    border.right = NAUTILUS_THUMBNAIL_FRAME_RIGHT;
-    border.bottom = NAUTILUS_THUMBNAIL_FRAME_BOTTOM;
-
-    pixbuf_with_frame = gd_embed_image_in_frame (*pixbuf,
-                                                 "resource:///org/gnome/nautilus/icons/thumbnail_frame.png",
-                                                 &border, &border);
-    g_object_unref (*pixbuf);
-
-    *pixbuf = pixbuf_with_frame;
-}
-
 static GdkPixbuf *filmholes_left = NULL;
 static GdkPixbuf *filmholes_right = NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/nautilus-ui-utilities.h b/src/nautilus-ui-utilities.h
index 1136e1de6..ed00f5fc7 100644
--- a/src/nautilus-ui-utilities.h
+++ b/src/nautilus-ui-utilities.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 void        nautilus_gmenu_set_from_model           (GMenu             *target_menu,
                                                      GMenuModel        *source_model);
 
-void        nautilus_ui_frame_image                 (GdkPixbuf        **pixbuf);
 void        nautilus_ui_frame_video                 (GdkPixbuf        **pixbuf);
 
 gboolean    nautilus_file_date_in_between           (guint64            file_unix_time,
diff --git a/src/resources/nautilus.gresource.xml b/src/resources/nautilus.gresource.xml
index a0cd28876..ccb2ef6ff 100644
--- a/src/resources/nautilus.gresource.xml
+++ b/src/resources/nautilus.gresource.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     <file>ui/nautilus-operations-ui-manager-request-passphrase.ui</file>
     <file alias="gtk/ui/nautilusgtkplacesview.ui">../gtk/nautilusgtkplacesview.ui</file>
     <file alias="gtk/ui/nautilusgtkplacesviewrow.ui">../gtk/nautilusgtkplacesviewrow.ui</file>
-    <file alias="icons/thumbnail_frame.png">../../icons/thumbnail_frame.png</file>
     <file alias="icons/filmholes.png">../../icons/filmholes.png</file>
     <file>css/Adwaita.css</file>
     <file>css/nautilus.css</file>