diff --git a/_includes/head.html b/_includes/head.html
index 74a63a3a155..d9f89b94d61 100644
--- a/_includes/head.html
+++ b/_includes/head.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
   <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,300i,400,400i,700,700i" rel="stylesheet">
   <link href="/assets/css/index.css" rel="stylesheet">
-  <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="{{ "/assets/favicon-128.png" | prepend: site.baseurl }}" sizes="128x128" />
+  <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="https://assets-cdn.github.com/favicon.ico">
   <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
   <script src="{{ "/js/script.js" | prepend: site.baseurl }}"></script>
   <script>
diff --git a/assets/favicon-128.png b/assets/favicon-128.png
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index 46f71108710..00000000000
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diff --git a/favicon.ico b/favicon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cedb6140f45
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