diff --git a/ajax/documentController.php b/ajax/documentController.php
index 4468b500..45fa69ab 100644
--- a/ajax/documentController.php
+++ b/ajax/documentController.php
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ class DocumentController extends Controller{
 		$documents = Storage::getDocuments();
 
 		$fileIds = array();
-		foreach ($documents as $document) {
+		foreach ($documents as $key=>$document) {
+			$documents[$key]['icon'] = preg_replace('/\.png$/', '.svg', \OC_Helper::mimetypeIcon($document['mimetype']));
 			$fileIds[] = $document['fileid'];
 		}
 
diff --git a/ajax/mimeicon.php b/ajax/mimeicon.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a354746..00000000
--- a/ajax/mimeicon.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-OCP\JSON::success(array('path' => OC_Helper::mimetypeIcon($_GET['mime'])));
diff --git a/js/documents.js b/js/documents.js
index c42a855f..af5be88a 100644
--- a/js/documents.js
+++ b/js/documents.js
@@ -218,10 +218,8 @@ var documentsMain = {
 			var a = docElem.find('a');
 			a.attr('href', OC.Router.generate('download',{file:document.path}));
 			a.find('label').text(document.name);
+			a.css('background-image', 'url("'+document.icon+'")');
 
-			getMimeIcon(document.mimetype).then(function(path){
-				a.css('background-image', 'url("'+path+'")');
-			});
 			$('.documentslist').append(docElem);
 			docElem.show();
 		});
@@ -241,30 +239,6 @@ var documentsMain = {
 };
 
 
-/**
- * TODO copy from files, move from files to core? load files.js?
- * @param {type} mime
- * @returns {getMimeIcon}
- */
-function getMimeIcon(mime){
-	var def = new $.Deferred();
-	if(getMimeIcon.cache[mime]){
-		def.resolve(getMimeIcon.cache[mime]);
-	}else{
-		jQuery.getJSON( OC.filePath('documents','ajax','mimeicon.php'), {mime: mime})
-		.done(function(data){
-			getMimeIcon.cache[mime]=data.path;
-			def.resolve(getMimeIcon.cache[mime]);
-		})
-		.error(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown){
-			console.log(textStatus + ': ' + errorThrown);
-			console.log(jqXHR);
-		});
-	}
-	return def;
-}
-getMimeIcon.cache={};
-
 $(document).ready(function() {
 	"use strict";
 	
@@ -330,4 +304,4 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 	//TODO when ending a session as the last user close session?
 
 	OC.addScript('documents', 'webodf_bootstrap', documentsMain.onStartup);
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});