diff --git a/contrib/deterministic-build/check_submodules.sh b/contrib/deterministic-build/check_submodules.sh
index d9c1b61d5..3b37bd42e 100755
--- a/contrib/deterministic-build/check_submodules.sh
+++ b/contrib/deterministic-build/check_submodules.sh
@@ -18,18 +18,10 @@ function get_git_mtime {
 
 fail=0
 
-for f in icons/* "icons.qrc"; do
-    if (( $(get_git_mtime "$f") > $(get_git_mtime "contrib/deterministic-build/electrum-icons/") )); then
-        echo "Modification time of $f (" $(get_git_mtime --readable "$f") ") is newer than"\
-             "last update of electrum-icons"
-        fail=1
-    fi
-done
-
 if [ $(date +%s -d "2 weeks ago") -gt $(get_git_mtime "contrib/deterministic-build/electrum-locale/") ]; then
     echo "Last update from electrum-locale is older than 2 weeks."\
          "Please update it to incorporate the latest translations from crowdin."
     fail=1
 fi
 
-exit ${fail}
\ No newline at end of file
+exit ${fail}