diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/package.json b/code/lib/core-server/package.json
index 8c10b00e73ed..c249bc634c35 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-server/package.json
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/package.json
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
     "prompts": "^2.4.0",
     "read-pkg-up": "^7.0.1",
     "semver": "^7.3.7",
-    "serve-favicon": "^2.5.0",
     "telejson": "^7.2.0",
     "tiny-invariant": "^1.3.1",
     "ts-dedent": "^2.0.0",
@@ -108,7 +107,6 @@
     "@types/compression": "^1.7.0",
     "@types/ip": "^1.1.0",
     "@types/node-fetch": "^2.5.7",
-    "@types/serve-favicon": "^2.5.2",
     "@types/ws": "^8",
     "boxen": "^5.1.2",
     "jest-os-detection": "^1.3.1",
diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/server-statics.ts b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/server-statics.ts
index b2d5a5e3cbce..19d569cfcc06 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/server-statics.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/src/utils/server-statics.ts
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@ import type { Options, StorybookConfig } from '@storybook/types';
 import { getDirectoryFromWorkingDir } from '@storybook/core-common';
 import { ConflictingStaticDirConfigError } from '@storybook/core-events/server-errors';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
+import type { Router } from 'express';
 import express from 'express';
 import { pathExists } from 'fs-extra';
-import path from 'path';
-import favicon from 'serve-favicon';
+import path, { basename } from 'path';
 import isEqual from 'lodash/isEqual.js';
 
 import { dedent } from 'ts-dedent';
 import { defaultStaticDirs } from './constants';
 
-export async function useStatics(router: any, options: Options) {
+export async function useStatics(router: Router, options: Options) {
   const staticDirs =
     (await options.presets.apply<StorybookConfig['staticDirs']>('staticDirs')) ?? [];
   const faviconPath = await options.presets.apply<string>('favicon');
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export async function useStatics(router: any, options: Options) {
     );
   }
 
-  router.use(favicon(faviconPath));
+  router.get(`/${basename(faviconPath)}`, (req, res) => res.sendFile(faviconPath));
 }
 
 export const parseStaticDir = async (arg: string) => {
diff --git a/code/yarn.lock b/code/yarn.lock
index 704c48e55acf..af6301afc76b 100644
--- a/code/yarn.lock
+++ b/code/yarn.lock
@@ -6853,7 +6853,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/node-fetch": ^2.5.7
     "@types/pretty-hrtime": ^1.0.0
     "@types/semver": ^7.3.4
-    "@types/serve-favicon": ^2.5.2
     "@types/ws": ^8
     better-opn: ^3.0.2
     boxen: ^5.1.2
@@ -6874,7 +6873,6 @@ __metadata:
     prompts: ^2.4.0
     read-pkg-up: ^7.0.1
     semver: ^7.3.7
-    serve-favicon: ^2.5.0
     slash: ^5.0.0
     telejson: ^7.2.0
     tiny-invariant: ^1.3.1
@@ -9645,15 +9643,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/serve-favicon@npm:^2.5.2":
-  version: 2.5.4
-  resolution: "@types/serve-favicon@npm:2.5.4"
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/express": "*"
-  checksum: 60bb648eff8bba7f589e9a2027879c39c137c96e1afafb6a09cb220477c1ebe74c3ce4293c52724592f04e3278950b82741f449c8517a432c163107333a0d6b8
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@types/serve-index@npm:^1.9.1":
   version: 1.9.1
   resolution: "@types/serve-index@npm:1.9.1"
@@ -23671,13 +23660,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"ms@npm:2.1.1":
-  version: 2.1.1
-  resolution: "ms@npm:2.1.1"
-  checksum: 056140c631e740369fa21142417aba1bd629ab912334715216c666eb681c8f015c622dd4e38bc1d836b30852b05641331661703af13a0397eb0ca420fc1e75d9
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "ms@npm:2.1.2":
   version: 2.1.2
   resolution: "ms@npm:2.1.2"
@@ -28475,13 +28457,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"safe-buffer@npm:5.1.1":
-  version: 5.1.1
-  resolution: "safe-buffer@npm:5.1.1"
-  checksum: 1c233bd105deeba3c9a8911ed4ec24ba45adbb51fec02f7944a10a202c38e3df4ef2b524bdeb55f2e4f8c77c13b2959e2e2e6022e5d99acdd70633b5f7e138cf
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "safe-buffer@npm:5.1.2, safe-buffer@npm:~5.1.0, safe-buffer@npm:~5.1.1":
   version: 5.1.2
   resolution: "safe-buffer@npm:5.1.2"
@@ -28790,19 +28765,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"serve-favicon@npm:^2.5.0":
-  version: 2.5.0
-  resolution: "serve-favicon@npm:2.5.0"
-  dependencies:
-    etag: ~1.8.1
-    fresh: 0.5.2
-    ms: 2.1.1
-    parseurl: ~1.3.2
-    safe-buffer: 5.1.1
-  checksum: 7244ced3c46f8dfde591dc801f1e21ebc8fa07c4870cbbaee3ce37104b3aad32858e674e251a8ed4837867ea0dd67cb734b485ae5a7b0895cb6022f8b8c79303
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "serve-index@npm:^1.9.1":
   version: 1.9.1
   resolution: "serve-index@npm:1.9.1"