diff --git a/app/attachments.ts b/app/attachments.ts
index 0ce1ea3b4204..5e3adaf1d8bd 100644
--- a/app/attachments.ts
+++ b/app/attachments.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 import { join, relative, normalize } from 'path';
 import fastGlob from 'fast-glob';
-import glob from 'glob';
-import pify from 'pify';
 import fse from 'fs-extra';
 import { map, isString } from 'lodash';
 import normalizePath from 'normalize-path';
@@ -113,16 +111,6 @@ export const getAllDraftAttachments = async (
   return map(files, file => relative(dir, file));
 };
 
-export const getBuiltInImages = async (): Promise<ReadonlyArray<string>> => {
-  const dir = join(__dirname, '../images');
-  const pattern = join(dir, '**', '*.svg');
-
-  // Note: we cannot use fast-glob here because, inside of .asar files, readdir will not
-  //   honor the withFileTypes flag: https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/19074
-  const files = await pify(glob)(pattern, { nodir: true });
-  return map(files, file => relative(dir, file));
-};
-
 export const clearTempPath = (userDataPath: string): Promise<void> => {
   const tempPath = getTempPath(userDataPath);
   return fse.emptyDir(tempPath);
diff --git a/app/main.ts b/app/main.ts
index bd4423a2c6fd..144594e51184 100644
--- a/app/main.ts
+++ b/app/main.ts
@@ -2222,27 +2222,6 @@ ipc.on('delete-all-data', () => {
   }
 });
 
-ipc.on('get-built-in-images', async () => {
-  if (!mainWindow) {
-    getLogger().warn('ipc/get-built-in-images: No mainWindow!');
-    return;
-  }
-
-  try {
-    const images = await attachments.getBuiltInImages();
-    mainWindow.webContents.send('get-success-built-in-images', null, images);
-  } catch (error) {
-    if (mainWindow && mainWindow.webContents) {
-      mainWindow.webContents.send('get-success-built-in-images', error.message);
-    } else {
-      getLogger().error(
-        'Error handling get-built-in-images:',
-        Errors.toLogFormat(error)
-      );
-    }
-  }
-});
-
 ipc.on('get-config', async event => {
   const theme = await getResolvedThemeSetting();
 
diff --git a/ts/background.ts b/ts/background.ts
index c58d98c87ba6..f06babe46745 100644
--- a/ts/background.ts
+++ b/ts/background.ts
@@ -543,19 +543,6 @@ export async function startApp(): Promise<void> {
 
   startInteractionMode();
 
-  // Load these images now to ensure that they don't flicker on first use
-  window.preloadedImages = [];
-  function preload(list: ReadonlyArray<string>) {
-    for (let index = 0, max = list.length; index < max; index += 1) {
-      const image = new Image();
-      image.src = `./images/${list[index]}`;
-      window.preloadedImages.push(image);
-    }
-  }
-
-  const builtInImages = await window.IPC.getBuiltInImages();
-  preload(builtInImages);
-
   // We add this to window here because the default Node context is erased at the end
   //   of preload.js processing
   window.setImmediate = window.nodeSetImmediate;
diff --git a/ts/window.d.ts b/ts/window.d.ts
index 241e266a8f34..e1b1b4659516 100644
--- a/ts/window.d.ts
+++ b/ts/window.d.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ export type IPCType = {
   };
   drawAttention: () => void;
   getAutoLaunch: () => Promise<boolean>;
-  getBuiltInImages: () => Promise<Array<string>>;
   getMediaCameraPermissions: () => Promise<boolean>;
   getMediaPermissions: () => Promise<boolean>;
   logAppLoadedEvent?: (options: { processedCount?: number }) => void;
diff --git a/ts/windows/main/phase1-ipc.ts b/ts/windows/main/phase1-ipc.ts
index 48a947837cb1..c9d4ea4f6b2b 100644
--- a/ts/windows/main/phase1-ipc.ts
+++ b/ts/windows/main/phase1-ipc.ts
@@ -83,17 +83,6 @@ const IPC: IPCType = {
     ipc.send('draw-attention');
   },
   getAutoLaunch: () => ipc.invoke('get-auto-launch'),
-  getBuiltInImages: () =>
-    new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      ipc.once('get-success-built-in-images', (_event, error, value) => {
-        if (error) {
-          return reject(new Error(error));
-        }
-
-        return resolve(value);
-      });
-      ipc.send('get-built-in-images');
-    }),
   getMediaPermissions: () => ipc.invoke('settings:get:mediaPermissions'),
   getMediaCameraPermissions: () =>
     ipc.invoke('settings:get:mediaCameraPermissions'),